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Ursula Purrer & A. Hans Scheirl – Gezacktes rimsal schleicht sich schamlos schenkelnassend an AKA Zigzagger Rivulet Sneaks Up Shamelessly Wetting Thigs (1984)
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Christian Frosch – Murer: Anatomie eines Prozesses (2018)
2011-2020AustriaChristian FroschDramaThe prestigious politician and large-scale farmer Franz Murer, responsible for the Ghetto of Vilnius as SS leader and NSDAP functionary from 1941-1943, stands trial in Graz, Austria. Survivors of the mass murder arrive to testify and obtain justice: to no avail.Read More »
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Ulrich Seidl – Sparta (2022)
2021-2030AustriaDramaUlrich SeidlFollow-up to Ulrich Seidl’s previous film, Rimini. It focuses on Richie Bravo’s brother, Ewald.
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Ewald moved to Romania years ago. Now in his 40s, he seeks a fresh start. Leaving his girlfriend, he moves to the hinterland. With young boys from the area, he transforms a decaying school into a fortress. The children enjoy a new, carefree existence. But the distrust of the villagers is soon awoken. And Ewald is forced to confront a truth he has long suppressed. Sparta is the brother film to Rimini, and the conclusion of Ulrich Seidl’s diptych about the inescapability of the past and the pain of finding yourself.Read More » -
Gustav Deutsch – Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013) (HD)
2011-2020ArthouseAustriaExperimentalGustav DeutschA series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper (e.g. “Office at Night”, “Western Motel”, “Usherette”, “A Woman in the Sun”) into a fascinating synthesis of painting and film, personal and political history. Each station in Shirley’s professional and private life from the 1930s to 1960s is precisely dated: It is always August 28/29 of the year in question, as the locations vary from Paris to New York to Cape Cod.Read More »
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Alfred Weidenmann – Julia, du bist zauberhaft AKA Adorable Julia (1962)
1961-1970Alfred WeidenmannAustriaClassicsRomanceJulia, Du bist zauberhaft (AKA Adorable Julia) is a 1962 Austrian comedy film directed by Alfred Weidenmann and starring Lilli Palmer, Charles Boyer and Jean Sorel. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It is based on the 1937 novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham, and the subsequent play that Guy Bolton and Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon adapted from the novel.Read More »
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Jessica Hausner – Amour fou AKA Mad Love (2014)
Jessica Hausner2011-2020AustriaComedyDramaQuote:
Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. It is whilst coming to terms with this refusal, ineffably distressed by his cousin’s insensitivity to the depth of his feelings, that Heinrich meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance. Heinrich’s subsequent offer to the beguiling young woman at first holds scant appeal, that is until Henriette discovers she is suffering from a terminal illnessRead More » -
Georg Jacoby – Geld auf der Straße (1930)
Comedy1921-1930AustriaGeorg JacobyPeter is an aviator who dreams of a life in wealth and luxury. He meets the banker’s daughter Dodo.Read More »
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Ulrich Seidl – Good News: Von Kolporteuren, toten Hunden und anderen Wienern AKA Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna (1990)
1981-1990AustriaDocumentaryUlrich SeidlUlrich Seidl’s documentary debut is about the foreigners who sell newspapers in their red uniforms on the streets of Vienna. A comparison between the world of the foreigner selling the newspaper and the Austrian who reads it in his living room.Read More »
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Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel – Vera (2022)
Tizza Covi2021-2030AustriaDramaRainer FrimmelVera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships, she drifts through Roman high society. When she injures a child in a traffic accident in the suburbs, she forms an intense relationship with an eight-year-old boy and his father. But soon she must realize that also in this world she is only an instrument for others.Read More »