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We Have To Do All That is Possible..... Director: Jörg A.EGGERS Camera: Franz KONRAD Author: Jörg A.EGGERS Crew: Schnitt: Ine JEZO-PAROVSKY Year: 1975 Documentary (60 min.) It is for the first time that a documentary on Austrian television has shown images of disabled children without palliation. Director and author J. A.Eggers spared us from the horror, which could have been produced when illustrating such an issue. Nevertheless, he did not veil reality and confronted us with truth. The purpose of this film was to help us develop an understanding for these children and especially for their nurses. In the past nursing homes for disabled children were criticised for the ill treatment of their patients. This documentary showed how nurses cope and reveal how rewarding such work can be, as disabled children respond with far more gratitude than normal patients do. At the end of the film the director admitted having had difficulties at the beginning to approach these children. However, the aim of the film was to tear down barriers as these children represent the weak in our society. After the last World War members of society were more supportive. In small communities in the countryside such helpfulness can still be observed. City cultures in more complex societies tend to marginal the weak. The lack of support for the weak threatens the cohesion of society as such. The disabled children in this film belong to the weakest members of society. If society does not feel responsible for those, then it may subsequently not feel responsible for dependent individuals like elderly people. Eventually society will refuse to build a bridge to those who are dependent on our help. Minorities, but also our children and elderly people can feel comfortable in a society, which cares for its disabled children! A devastating documentary Arbeiter-Zeitung Ray of hope for parents concerned and an advertisement for sympathy for the mentally ill. Wochenpresse Television is rarely able to touch us, as depth of seldom valued. With this film, a lot was made up for. Kronen Zeitung ...Title and simultaneously creed, a demand made by one of the most arousing documentaries the ORF has broadcasted in a long time... This film has built bridges. The most valuable one of. KURIER This film is a great humane achievement. Neues Volksblatt It is a unique achievement for television HÖRZU |
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