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Tag Archives: Austria
You Bet Your Life AKA Spiele Leben (2005) Antonin Svoboda, Georg Friedrich, Birgit Minichmayr, Gerti Drassl
A compulsive gambler is forced to take a chance with his own life. Read More »
The Boat Is Full AKA Das Boot ist voll (1981) Markus Imhoof, Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Martin Walz
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: “Our boat is full.” Read More »
The Wonder Kid AKA Wonder Boy (1951) Karl Hartl, Bobby Henrey, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Muriel Aked
The old one about the much-exploited child prodigy is given a new coat of paint in the English-Austrian Entfuhrag ins Gluck (Wonder Child). Read More »
Western (2017) Valeska Grisebach, Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Syuleyman Alilov Letifov
A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside. Read More »
Losses to Be Expected AKA Mit Verlust ist zu rechnen (1992) Ulrich Seidl, Paula Hutterová, Vladimir Kundrát, Rusena Machaloyá
Looks at two communities on either side of the Czech – Austrian border. Read More »
The Stranger AKA Die Fremde (2000) Götz Spielmann, Goya Toledo, Hary Prinz, Martin Feifel
The seedy underbelly of Vienna at night. Mercedes is a femme fatale from Mexico Read More »
’38 – Vienna Before the Fall AKA 38 – Auch das war Wien (1986) Wolfgang Glück, Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles, Heinz Trixner
In 1938, Austria is about to become a part of the Third Reich. Read More »
The Last Real Men AKA Die letzten Männer (1994) Ulrich Seidl, Karl Schwingenschloegl, Hermann Schneeweisz, Teresita Schneeweisz
Disappointed by failed relationships and the demands set by local women 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 »
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 »
Der Kulterer (1974) Vojtech Jasný, Helmut Qualtinger, Andreas Altmann, Harry Hornisch
Vojtech Jasnys film of the same name Thomas Bernhard story from 1962, the gritty chronicle of a “damaged life”. Read More »
East of War AKA Jenseits des Krieges (1996) Ruth Beckermann
A controversial photography exhibit about atrocities committed by the German army on the Eastern Front Read More »
Fuse AKA Gori Vatra (2003) Pjer Zalica, Enis Beslagic, Bogdan Diklic, Sasa Petrovic
In the Bosnian town of Tesanj, not long after the Balkan war, land mines claim victims, corruption is rampant Read More »
Catherine the Last AKA Katharina, die Letzte (1936) Henry Koster, Franciska Gaal, Hans Holt, Hans Olden
Hans, an idle young man, must find a way to reach her beloved one against her rich father’s firm opposition. Read More »