Margareta Heinrich

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Margareta Heinrich (* 1951 in Deutschkreutz , † 1994 in Vienna ) was an Austrian film director.

Life

Born in a small town right on the Austro-Hungarian border, she moved to Vienna at an early age, where she studied screenwriting and directing at the Vienna Film Academy . During this time, she began to be particularly interested in political and feminist topics. In 1975 she made her first film Wo sein Babsy? , 1978 the feature film Twilight based on a story by Ingeborg Bachmann . Her documentaries took her mainly to the Third World, to Nicaragua and Mozambique. In 1988 she was awarded the Ernst Neuberg Prize for her feature film Durch Dick und Dünn . In 1992, the feature film Your happy eyes was made , again based on a story by Ingeborg Bachmann with Cornelia Köndgen and Peter Sattmann in the leading roles. Her last film Totschweigen , a documentary about the Rechnitz massacre , was shown at many international festivals and was awarded the Prix Futura Berlin in 1995. The subject of this film was taken up by Elfriede Jelinek 14 years later . The result was the play Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel) . Margareta Heinrich committed suicide on February 25, 1994.

2016 was in the 10th district of Vienna favorites of Margareta Heinrich path named after her.

Awards (selection)

  • 1988: Ernst Neuberg Prize
  • 1995: Prix Futura Berlin

Filmography (selection)

Feature films

  • 1979: Twilight
  • 1987: Through thick and thin
  • 1993: you happy eyes

Documentaries

  • 1980: La Esperanza - Hope after years of misery (Doc.)
  • 1981: The dream of Sandino (together with Rudi Palla )
  • 1983: I've lived many lives. Alexandra Kollontai - A Portrait (together with Ullabritt Horn)
  • 1983: Comrades (together with Ullabrit Horn)
  • 1984: No Pasaran - You won't get through (together with Rolf Oerter)
  • 1990: is the devil really a child? (in cooperation with Margit Niederhuber)
  • 1994: Totschweigen (together with Eduard Erne )

literature

  • Elke Schüttelkopf: Village of Oblivion. In: [sic!], No. 3 (1994), p. 26 (on dead silence ).
  • Elke Schüttelkopf: With all her might. In: [sic!], No. 3 (1994), pp. 27-29 (interview).
  • Vrääth Öhner: Pocket Cinema # 1 - Margareta Heinrich. Filmarchiv Austria publishing house (book + DVD).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mailath: Maria-Lassnig-Straße decided . City hall correspondence of April 8, 2016, accessed April 8, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich, Margareta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Deutschkreutz
DATE OF DEATH 1994
Place of death Vienna