Jane Seitz Explained

Jane Seitz
Birth Date:	17 August 1942
Birth Place:	Germany
Other Names:	Juliane Sperr
Occupation:	Film editor

Jane Seitz (also known as Juliane Sperr; 17 August 1942 – 4 January 1988^[1]) was a German film editor.^[2] Seitz edited different films produced by Bernd Eichinger. She was his girlfriend for some time and committed suicide at the age of 45. Her last editorial credit was for the comedy film Felix, released in September 1988.^[3] Wolfgang Rihm orchestrated 1988/89 a text written by Seitz’ former partner Wolf Wondratschek Mein Tod. Requiem in memoriam Jane S. for soprano and orchestra.

Films (incomplete list)

• 1965: When the Grapevines Bloom on the Danube
• 1966: Onkel Filser – Allerneueste Lausbubengeschichten
• 1967: When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres
• 1968: Hunting Scenes from Bavaria
• 1970: Deadlock
• 1970: Student of the Bedroom
• 1970: Die Feuerzangenbowle
• 1971: Supergirl
• 1974: Supermarket
• 1975: Katie Tippel
• 1976: Coup de Grâce
• 1977: Soldier of Orange
• 1977: The Conquest of the Citadel
• 1978: Moritz, Dear Moritz
• 1981: Christiane F. – We Children from Bahnhof Zoo
• 1982: Comeback
• 1984: The Neverending Story
• 1985: The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time
• 1986: The Name of the Rose
• 1986: Miscellaneous News
• 1988: (posthumous)

Literature

• Katja Eichinger: BE, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 2012,
• Julia Knight: Women and the New German Cinema (Questions for Feminism), 1992,

References

1. Web site: Interview with Wolf Wondratschek 1988 . 26 April 2013 . 18 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170218042011/http://www.a-e-m-gmbh.com/andremuller/wolf%20wondratschek.html . dead .
2. Web site: Jane Seitz. https://web.archive.org/web/20140818103315/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/110713/Jane-Seitz/biography. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2014. 2014-08-18.
3. Katja Eichinger: BE pages 184-188