Heldenplatz
1989, German. Directed by Claus Peymann.
Heldenplatz centers on a Jewish family in the Vienna of 1988. The main character, Professor Josef Schuster, a mathematician, who can no longer stand the anti-Semitism he still finds in Austria 50 years after the Anschluss – commits suicide by jumping out of his apartment window onto the historic Heldenplatz before the play begins.
- Runtime
- 3h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 1 January 1989
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Thomas Bernhard
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Heldenplatz runs 195 minutes (3h 15m).
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Heldenplatz isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1989. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Heldenplatz?
Heldenplatz (1989) was directed by Claus Peymann and stars Wolfgang Gasser, Kirsten Dene, Karlheinz Hackl.