RUTH BECKERMANN AND THE WALDHEIM WALTZ
By José Sarmiento
Ruth Beckermann’s last film, The Waldheim Waltz, it’s a rotund denunciation of Austrian former president Kurt Waldheim and his troublesome past with the former German National Socialist Party (the Nazi party) but, beyond that, is a profound gaze on how right wing politics are making a comeback in some European nations, and how people have or are basically forgotten crucial parts of the past. In this context, Desistfilm managed to interview her after the premiere of this important work.