Seminar: Freitod in Spielfilmen am Beispiel von "Der Junge muss an die frische Luft" von Hape KerkelingReferentin: Gudrun Holtz

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26F521 Suicide in feature films - motives, analysis - Seminar

Start Sat., 06.06.2026, 10:00 - 17:00 h

Course fee 51,00 €

Duration 1 date

Course instructor Gudrun Holtz

The topic of suicide plays a major role in world literature: Shakespeare's work contains 13 suicides, the Bible contains eleven. Feature films have also always been interested in the topos of tiredness of life and longing for death: The American Film Institute counts around 1,600 feature films in which suicidal acts occur or play a role.

Recent studies on the most important motives for suicide in feature films show that it is not so much psychiatric illnesses that lead to suicide in films, but rather social difficulties and conflicts, such as

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26F521 Suicide in feature films - motivations, analyses - Seminar Start Sat., 06.06.2026, 10:00 - 17:00 Course fee 51,00 € Duration 1 date Course leader Gudrun Holtz The topic of suicide plays a major role in world literature: Shakespeare's work contains 13 suicides, the Bible contains eleven suicides. Feature films have also always been interested in the topos of tiredness of life and longing for death: The American Film Institute counts around 1,600 feature films in which suicidal acts occur or play a role. More recent studies on the most important suicide motifs in feature films show that it is less psychiatric illnesses that lead to suicide in films, but social difficulties and conflicts, such as www Narben Gudrun Holtz.de https://www.vhs-berchtesgaden.de/kurssuche/kurs/25H519