The first film of Willi Forst’s legendary Viennese trilogy is essentially a condensed history of the golden age of Viennese operetta mirrored in the fictive love story Read More »
Tag Archives: Austria
Ecstasy (1933) Gustav Machatý, Hedy Lamarr, Aribert Mog, Zvonimir Rogoz
Eva has just gotten married to an older gentleman, but discovers that he is obsessed with order in his life and doesn’t have much room for passion. Read More »
Stolen Identity (1953) Gunther von Fritsch, Donald Buka, Joan Camden, Francis Lederer
A jealous concert pianist murders his wife’s lover, then frames an innocent taxi driver for the crime. Read More »
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001) Martina Kudlácek, Miriam Arsham, Stan Brakhage, Chao Li Chi, Documentary, Biography
Using footage from filmmaker Maya Deren’s avant-garde films of the 1940s Read More »
Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966) Terence Young, Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Yul Brynner, Crime, Drama, Mystery
In an attempt to stem the heroin trade from Iran, a group of narcotics agents working for the UN inject a radioactive compound into a seized shipment of opium Read More »
Some Like It Cool (1977) Franz Antel, Tony Curtis, Marisa Berenson, Marisa Mell, Comedy, Erotic
While hiding from the royal authorities,Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Read More »
Invisible Adversaries (1977) Valie Export, Susanne Widl, Peter Weibel, Josef Plavec, Drama
Anna, an artist, is obsessed with the invasion of alien doubles bent on total destruction. Read More »
Whom the Gods Love (1942) Karl Hartl, Hans Holt, Irene von Meyendorff, Winnie Markus, Biography, Drama, History
On a trip to Paris in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visited Madame Weber and falls in love with her daughter, the singer Aloysia. Read More »
The Hostess Also Likes to Blow the Horn (1970) Franz Antel, Teri Tordai, Harald Leipnitz, Glenn Saxson, Comedy
Susanne is the hostess who gives comfort to the visitors to her hotel. All of the vices in the country are heavily taxed, including drinking and making love. Read More »
