Christoph Waltz plays the role of Markus Dorn, a young man clearly unhappy in his home life. Read More »
Tag Archives: Austria
Young Dr. Freud (1976) Axel Corti, Karlheinz Hackl, Guido Wieland, Sylvia Haider
The film probes deeply into the ways in which Freud’s own experiences Read More »
Spionage (1955) Franz Antel, Ewald Balser, Barbara Rütting, Gerhard Riedmann
Oberst Alfred Redl heads the military intelligence department of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Read More »
Paradise: Hope (2013) Ulrich Seidl, Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer, Joseph Lorenz
The final installment in Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy, ‘Paradise: Hope’ tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. Read More »
Paradise: Faith (2012) Ulrich Seidl, Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh, René Rupnik
Anna Maria, a single woman in her 50s, devotes her summer vacation to doing missionary work Read More »
Paradise: Love (2012) Ulrich Seidl, Margarete Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux
On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as “Sugar Mamas” — European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Read More »
The Neighbor (1993) Götz Spielmann, Rudolf Wessely, Dana Vávrová, Wolfgang Böck
An old Viennese suburb, an area of ??dilapidated houses, situated on the tracks of the train. Read More »
The Waldheim Waltz (2018) Ruth Beckermann, Kurt Waldheim
A biographical drama film about Kurt Josef Waldheim, former UN Secretary General Read More »
Mephisto (1981) István Szabó, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance Read More »
Homemad(e) (2001) Ruth Beckermann, Adolf Doft, Helene Doft, Erika Göschl
Acclaimed Austrian documentary director Ruth Beckermann portrays a dying culture of Viennese urban history in HOMEMAD(E). Read More »
American Passages (2011) Ruth Beckermann
Initially, there’s that moment of happiness: an African-American celebrating in Harlem cheers “We’re free!” Read More »
Mein Kampf (2009) Urs Odermatt, Götz George, Tom Schilling, Anna Unterberger
The young, despotic and untalented artist Adolf Hitler comes to Vienna to study art. Read More »
In Comparison (2009) Harun Farocki
In Comparison revisits issues explored in the director’s 2007 two channel installation Comparison Via a Third. Read More »
Obszön – Der Fall Peter Herzl (1981) Hans-Christof Stenzel, Volker Spengler, Lydia Kreibohm, Karina Fallenstein
Peter Herzl, social worker and Left sympathizer from Wuppertal, West Germany, is assaulted and robbed on the way back from Yugoslavia to his home country. Read More »
Lulu (1962) Rolf Thiele, Nadja Tiller, O.E. Hasse, Hildegard Knef
A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor’s pocket. Read More »