Douglas Wolfsperger

Douglas Wolfsperger has been directing cinema and TV, documentaries and feature films since 1985. After first experiences as a filmmaker with Super-8 films in his school days, he shot his first own feature film "Hither And Thither" in 1985. Since the beginning of the 1990s, Wolfsperger has made numerous documentaries about people and their everyday lives, for example about garbage collectors, a toilet attendant or Santa Clauses. With his feature film "Heirate mir!- Die Braut und ihr Totengräber" (1999) Wolfsperger caused a lot of astonishment in the feuilletons. This was followed by his most private work to date, "Der Entsorgte Vater" and the documentary "Wiedersehen mit Brundibar", about young people and their encounter with a charismatic Holocaust survivor.

Der lange Weg ans Licht

Documentary

2008

1h.40min

12 FSK

This documentary highlights issues of outmigration and declining birth rates through the lens of a pediatric ward.

Scala Adieu - Von Windeln verweht

Documentary, Independent

2018

1h.20min

0 FSK

After more than 80 years, the "Scala Filmpalast" had to make way for a drugstore.

The Discarded Father

Documentary, Independent

2008

1h.22min

12 FSK

Douglas Wolfsperger meets fathers who share his fate: They can't see their own children, because the ex-partners prohibit any contact.

Bellaria – As Long As We Live!

Documentary

2001

1h.34min

0 FSK

The Bellaria is a small Viennese art house cinema where time seems to stand still. Here, the movies are as old as the audience.

Hither And Thither

Comedy, Classics

1985

1h.20min

6 FSK

Douglas Wolfsperger presents the perils of small town life in black and white in his debut feature film HITHER AND THITHER.

Test Drive to Paradise

Classics, Comedy

1992

1h.23min

12 FSK

The satire project TEST DRIVE TO PARADISE by Douglas Wolfsperger presents a pastor and his pilgrims with a severe test of faith.

Heirate Mir! - Marry Me!

Classics

1999

1h.43min

16 FSK

A journey back in time to the early 2000s: In this quirky comedy starring Verona Pooth, a gravedigger searches for true love in Poland.

Double Life – The Movie

Documentary

2011

1h.20min

0 FSK

Who would have thought that a second Angie might be hiding behind a Lübeck housewife? An examination of the phenomenon of the double.

Die Blutritter

Documentary, Independent

2004

1h.26min

6 FSK

The Blood Ride in the Upper Swabian Weingarten is considered the largest equestrian procession in Europe and was first mentioned in writing in 1529.

Brundibar Revisited

Documentary, Music, Dance, Theater

2014

1h.24min

0 FSK

Greta Klingsberg, a cheerful Holocaust survivor, creates an incredible fascination with her stories.