 In 1983, Beckermann released "Return to Vienna", which documents the journeys and experiences of Franz West, a Jewish Social-Democrat living in Vienna during the First and Second World War.The film is the first of a trilogy, in which Beckermann deals with Jewish narratives of loss, memory and identity.Following this film, "Paper Bridge" was released in 1987 and depicts a journey leading from Vienna to Romania, where Beckermann visits the Bukovina region, the birthplace of her father during a time when this region was still under Habsburg rule.