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Ein Hund kam in die Küche 2002 star_border 1
The teacher Senta falls in love with the award-winning chef Stefan, who rents out his romantic winegrower's house in southern Styria to her during the summer holidays. She soon notices that a quirky gendarmerie inspector is keeping the property under surveillance. Senta finds out too late that the policeman thinks Stefan is a multiple woman murderer and that she is trapped like bait.

Edelweiss 2001
Vera and Erich Dorfmeister benefited from National Socialism . Times may have changed , but their spirit has stayed the same. Daughter Isolde in particular suffered from this , which is why her marriage to jazz musician Paul Richter broke up . Now their daughter Anna is returning Accompanied by her Jewish boyfriend Sidney after a year abroad .

Ternitz, Tennessee 2000 star_border 4
Two young girls who live in a small town in Lower Austria dream of America, men and love. They live in Ternitz, they dream of Tennessee.

Quintett komplett 1998 star_border 6

Autsch!!! 1996 star_border 4
Chris and Peter live and work in the apartment belonging to Birgit, Peter's former girlfriend and Chris' present girlfriend. In spite of this threesame life is quite smooth, until Chris meets the Polish model Clara.

Dieses naive Verlangen 1993

Ihr glücklichen Augen 1992

The Other Eye 1991
This film essay explores the strange case of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who was considered a giant of early cinema before his reputation went behind a cloud.

Shalom, general 1990
The reality the conscientious objector Roman is confrontend with at an old-age home is something he has previously been spared: suffering, frailty, death. He has to take care of "General" Kulat, an old Wehrmacht officer, a fanatic militarist. Their confrontation becomes war.

The master of Doomsday 1989
Leo Perutz' thriller deals with the persecution of a psychotic murderer in Vienna in 1909 who seems to lead his victims into a brilliantly hidden form of suicide.

Santa Fe 1987 star_border 7.9
After arriving in 1940 New York, Freddy struggles to find work. His world of refugee acquaintances includes the depressed daughter of a poet/delicatessen owner, an aging surgeon who cannot find work, and a lovable charlatan photographer.

Eine Minute dunkel macht uns nicht blind 1986
Portrait of a great lady based on the real life of Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, an Austrian architect, who joined the resistance movement against Hitler.

Die Nachtmeerfahrt 1986 star_border 1
Lily, a stunning photograph model, suddenly notices that hair is growing on her face and escalating to a real "man's beard". Her lover, Richard, who has just returned from a prolonged business trip cannot help her. On the contrary, she is so exasperated that she runs away into the night of the big city where she has her first experiences as a "man".

Welcome in Vienna 1986 star_border 6.4
Freddy, a Viennese Jew who emigrated to New York after Hitler's invasion, and Adler, a left-wing intellectual originally from Berlin, return to Austria in 1944 as soldiers in the U.S. Army. Freddy falls in love with the daughter of a Nazi, and Adler attempts to go over to the Communist Zone. But with the advent of the Cold War and continuing anti-semitism, the idealism of both characters is shattered as they find themselves surrounded by cynicism, opportunism, and universal self-deception.

Der tote Onkel 1982
Joseph von Träubesser is a scion of a wealthy aristocratic family. He's not satisfied with idle bliss but is ambitious and tries to become a good painter. His family and especially his nephew Leonid, who could be taken for his twin, think he's cracked. Fabian Cabanas, a famous painter, isn't at all pleased with his life. Apion Herbst, a postman and spiritualist, holds séances when off duty and helps Fabian to a new body. And Joseph too profits from this séance.

The Camel Goes Through the Eye of the Needle 1970
The focus of this comedy is a wealthy, somewhat degenerate Mr Wilhelm, junior manager of a large Prague trading company. A young factory worker Susi freed herself from business ties and prejudices, a sluggish self-drive-blank...

3. November 1918 1965

Casals Conducts: 1964 1964 star_border 5
While at his workshop in Puerto Rico, Pablo Casals prepares to conduct a Bach suite for a concert performance. Oscar Winner for the category "Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects". Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Der Bauer als Millionär 1961 star_border 5.8

Die Arbeitersaga 1988 star_border 7
This sociocritical film series in 4 parts is a follow-up to the Alpensaga and depicts the economic and cultural development in Austria after the war. Individual films focus on the themes of individualization and the rise of consume culture as well as the political shift of the dominating social democratic forces from a blue-collar party to more market oriented policies.

Lebenslinien 1983
Stories about four generations of women – their life at home and at work, their private and political relationships with the years.