Tankred Dorst wrote and directed Eisenhans, a 1983 feature film. The plot of black and white film is located in Upper Franconia. Dorst received the 1983 Literature Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts for his book, which is the basis of the film. He described the cinema debut of the stage director as "A Evil German Tale". The German Film Award was given to Olschewski for his role as Eisenhans.