FR #1138 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Austria, India | German, French
Director
Michael Haneke
Writer
Michael Haneke
Cast
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Muhe, Arno Frisch
Plot
Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
FR #1250 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Austria, USA | English, German
Director
Richard Linklater
Writer
Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
Cast
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert
Plot
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
FR #1883 | Movie | Drama | Austria, India | German, French
Director
Michael Haneke
Writer
Michael Haneke, Johanna Teicht
Cast
Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer
Plot
A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.
FR #2035 | Movie | History, Drama | Austria, Bosnia And Herzegovina | English, Bosnian
Director
Jasmila Zbanic
Writer
Jasmila Zbanic, Hasan Nuhanovic
Cast
Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler
Plot
Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
FR #2436 | TV | Crime, Action | Austria, Germany | German
Writer
Peter Hajek, Peter Moser
Cast
Gerhard Zemann, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner
Plot
A cop is recently divorced, and to fill the void, he adopts a police dog who has also lost his companion. Together, they solve crimes occurring in and around the city of Vienna.
FR #2479 | Movie | History, Drama | Austria | German, Hungarian
Director
Ernst Marischka
Writer
Ernst Marischka
Cast
Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Bohm, Magda Schneider
Plot
The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
FR #2536 | Movie | Documentary, Biography | Austria, USA | English, Japanese
Director
Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer
Cast
John Branch, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson
Plot
In an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
FR #3144 | Movie | Biography, Adventure | Austria, Switzerland | German, French
Director
Philipp Stolzl
Writer
Chris Silber, Philipp Stolzl, Rupert Henning
Cast
Benno Furmann, Florian Lukas, Johanna Wokalek
Plot
A secretary at a Berlin newspaper in 1936 gets to write about two Alpinists, as she knows them well. She later gets to report on and photograph her friends' and other Alpinists' climbs of the dangerous Swiss Eiger north face.
FR #3383 | Movie | Horror, Mystery | Austria | German
Director
Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Writer
Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Cast
Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest
Plot
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
FR #3977 | TV | Animation, Adventure | Austria, Germany | German
Cast
Gustl Bayrhammer, Hans Clarin, Werner Zeussel
Plot
Pumuckl is a nice and sometimes naughty goblin who used to live with a cabinet maker named Franz Eder. Mr. Eder has had to live through quite some trouble because Pumuckl always was up to do some mischief. The history of "Pumuckl"...
FR #5382 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Austria, Germany | German, English
Director
Jakob M. Erwa
Writer
Jakob M. Erwa, Andreas Steinhofel
Cast
Louis Hofmann, Jannik Schumann, Sabine Timoteo
Plot
17-year-old Phil lives with his mother and twin sister in an old mansion on the outskirts of town. When he starts to feel attracted to a new boy at school, Phil is plunged into emotional turmoil only exacerbated by the trouble at ...
FR #5383 | Movie | Drama | Austria, Germany | English, German
Director
Sebastian Meise
Writer
Thomas Reider, Sebastian Meise
Cast
Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton Von Lucke
Plot
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Over the decades, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmat...
FR #5896 | Movie | Comedy, Crime | Austria | German, Russian
Director
Wolfgang Murnberger
Writer
Wolf Haas, Josef Hader, Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast
Josef Hader, Josef Bierbichler, Birgit Minichmayr
Plot
Private Investigator Brenner is handling a case at the grill-station "Löschenkohl". There he finds - besides some chicken - also other meat...that doesn't belong in a good meal.
FR #6139 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Austria | German
Director
Paul Harather
Writer
Josef Hader, Alfred Dorfer, Paul Harather
Cast
Josef Hader, Alfred Dorfer, Maria Hofstatter
Plot
Heinzi Boesel and Kurt Fellner are two Austrian health inspectors forced to work together, traveling through Austria. Over time a beautiful friendship evolves between the odd couple who couldn't stand each other initially; a frien...
FR #6638 | Movie | Drama | Austria, Germany | German
Director
Ulrich Seidl
Writer
Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
Cast
Maria Hofstatter, Christine Jirku, Viktor Hennemann
Plot
In the tomb-like quiet of their ranch-style purgatory, a divorced husband and wife fight a wordless war while mourning an unspeakable mutual loss. A sadistic lover's ritual humiliation spawns both tenderness and revenge.
FR #6647 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Austria, Germany | German, Hungarian
Director
Istvan Szabo
Writer
Istvan Szabo, Peter Dobai, John Osborne
Cast
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Plot
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become e...
FR #6906 | Movie | Drama | Austria, Germany | German
Director
Ingmar Bergman
Writer
Ingmar Bergman
Cast
Robert Atzorn, Christine Buchegger, Martin Benrath
Plot
An account of the events before and after a murder committed by a disturbed businessman in a strained marriage, and what led him to perform such a shocking act.
FR #6973 | Movie | Comedy | Austria | German, French
Director
Kurt Hoffmann
Writer
Erich Kastner
Cast
Paul Dahlke, Gunther Luders, Claus Biederstaedt
Plot
A rich man wins a vacation at a hotel but takes it in the disguise of a poor man under the supervision of his butler. The hotel manager gets tipped off about the plot, but misidentifies a money-less doctor as the eccentric.
FR #7148 | TV | Animation, Adventure | Austria, Japan | Japanese
Cast
Mami Koyama, Tadashi Yamazaki, Shigeru Chiba
Plot
This is an animated adaptation of the classic story of Nils Holgerson, a naughty boy who is transformed to a very little dwarf and goes through many adventures, flying with a band of wild geese.
FR #7642 | Movie | Crime, Thriller | Austria | German
Director
Wolfgang Murnberger
Writer
Wolfgang Murnberger, Josef Hader, Wolf Haas
Cast
Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz, Joachim Krol
Plot
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.
FR #7802 | TV | Crime, Drama | Austria, Germany | English, Italian
Writer
Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert
Cast
Matthias Hack, Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Ofczarek
Plot
Two detectives, Ellie and Gedeon, are tasked with investigating a dead body in the Alps. As they dig deeper, they uncover shocking clues connected to pagan rituals and local customs.
FR #7888 | Movie | Comedy, Mystery | Austria, France | German, English
Director
Wolfgang Murnberger
Writer
Wolf Haas, Josef Hader, Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast
Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz, Barbara Rudnik
Plot
Ex-detective Brenner wants to keep himself out of trouble but several murder cases and his ex-girlfriend Klara finally get him involved. But making decisions is not one his strengths.
"Kottan ermittelt" ("Kottan investigates") is one of the defining moments of Austrian television. Masquerading as a police/crime series, it is actually a fierce anarchic satire on the Austrian police and Austrian society in genera...
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public ...
Vienna 1905: A risque drawing is published and threatens to compromise the model, a doctor's wife. Artist Heideneck protects her and invents a name. But the name exists, and this respectable lady is drawn into the artist's shady a...
FR #9367 | Movie | Action, Drama | Austria, Germany | English, German
Director
Andreas Prochaska
Writer
Martin Ambrosch, Andreas Prochaska, Thomas Willmann
Cast
Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer
Plot
Through a hidden path, a lone rider reaches a little town high up in the Alps. Nobody knows where the stranger comes from, nor what he wants there. But everyone knows that they don't want him to stay.
FR #9981 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Austria | German
Director
Ernst Marischka
Writer
Sil Vara, Ernst Marischka
Cast
Romy Schneider, Adrian Hoven, Magda Schneider
Plot
England, the 19th century. Young Victoria is crowned to be the queen of England. She aims to do her best in order to help her country prosper. However, the family and her trustful advisor, Lord Melbourne, plan marriage for her. Sh...
The story of a mainstream 1970s working-class family in the Austrian capital, Vienna. Edmund Sackbauer (Karl Merkatz) and his wife Antonia (Ingrid Burkhart) live with their family in the 10th District Favoriten in Vienna. The main...
FR #11648 | Movie | History, Drama | Austria, Germany | German, Latin
Director
Heinz Schirk
Writer
Paul Mommertz
Cast
Dietrich Mattausch, Gerd Bockmann, Friedrich G. Beckhaus
Plot
At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.
FR #12350 | Movie | History, Horror | Austria, Germany | German
Director
Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Writer
Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Cast
Anja Plaschg, Maria Hofstatter, David Scheid
Plot
Austria in the 18th century. Forests surround villages. Killing a baby gets a woman sentenced to death. Agnes readies for married life with her beloved. But her mind and heart grow heavy. A gloomy path alone, evil thoughts arising.
FR #12597 | Movie | Drama | Austria, Germany | German, Swahili
Director
Ulrich Seidl
Writer
Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
Cast
Margarete Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux
Plot
Teresa, a fifty-year-old Austrian mother, travels to the paradise of the beaches of Kenya, seeking out love from African boys. But she must confront the hard truth that on the beaches of Kenya, love is a business.
Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese, Raphael Tukiko Wagara, Dimond Remtulia
Plot
A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do wit...
FR #13133 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Austria, Germany | German
Director
Michael Haneke
Writer
Franz Kafka, Michael Haneke
Cast
Ulrich Muhe, Susanne Lothar, Nikolaus Paryla
Plot
When a land surveyor arrives at a small snowy village, local authorities refuse to allow him to advance to the nearby castle. Increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles arise.
FR #13480 | TV | Comedy, Drama | Austria, Germany | German
Cast
Peter Weck, Thekla Carola Wied, Julia Biedermann
Plot
Werner, a successful single without family, meets Angelika (Angie), a divorced mother with three children, of whom especially the eldest daughter, teenager Tanja, is very difficult. Very soon, Werner marries Angie and she and her ...
FR #13594 | Movie | Drama | Austria, France | German, English
Director
Ulrich Seidl
Writer
Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
Cast
Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer, Joseph Lorenz
Plot
The final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Paradise: Love') and her aunt does missiona...
FR #14129 | Movie | Documentary | Austria | German, Spanish
Director
Erwin Wagenhofer
Writer
Erwin Wagenhofer
Cast
Mark Mobius, Mirko Kovats, K. Sujatha Raaju
Plot
Most of us don't know where their money is. However, one thing is for certain, it's is not in the bank to which we entrusted it. The bank and our money is already a part of the cycle of the global money market.
A wide variety of documentary subjects, from animals (dragonflies, ants) to people (Genghis Khan) to science (time, perception) to places (St. Stephens Cathedral, Umbria). The style is sometimes purely narrative, at other times im...
FR #15853 | Movie | Drama, Horror | Austria, Germany | German
Director
Lukas Feigelfeld
Writer
Lukas Feigelfeld
Cast
Aleksandra Cwen, Celina Peter, Claudia Martini
Plot
After the loss of her tormented mother, the erratic behavior of a 15th century woman living in an isolated mountain village becomes a threat to the safety of her infant child.
FR #17985 | Movie | Romance, Musical | Austria, Germany | German
Director
Leni Riefenstahl
Writer
Rudolph Lothar, Angel Guimer, Leni Riefenstahl
Cast
Bernhard Minetti, Leni Riefenstahl, Aribert Wascher
Plot
Set in the early part of 20th century Europe, where a dancer becomes the romantic bone of contention between 2 men; a humble shepherd and an imperious marquis.
FR #18512 | Movie | Action, Drama | Austria, Germany | English, Arabic
Director
Patrick Vollrath
Writer
Patrick Vollrath, Senad Halilbasic
Cast
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar, Aylin Tezel
Plot
When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers.
FR #18628 | Movie | Drama, Mystery | Austria, Germany | German
Director
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Writer
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast
Simon Schwarz, Sophie Rois, Lars Rudolph
Plot
Austria, a little farming valley. Beginning of the century. When one of the farmers is found murdered one day, his labourers know of nothing, but are relieved, as the tyranny has ended. Then, something new happens for the first ti...
FR #18826 | Movie | Drama | Austria, France | French
Director
Jessica Hausner
Writer
Jessica Hausner
Cast
Sylvie Testud, Lea Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini
Plot
In order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains.
Herbert Krcal lives with his wife and son in a small apartment in Vienna. He dreams of owning his own house but houses are expensive. During a walk in the woods, he finds an old run-down house and decides to buy it. When he begins...
FR #19995 | TV | Crime, News | Austria, Germany | German
Writer
Eduard Zimmermann
Cast
Peter Nidetzky, Eduard Zimmermann, Michael Brennicke
Plot
With the help of viewers hints,unresolved crimes are to be clarified in public search.Viewers will be presented with unresolved cases in the form of ten-minute cinematic reconstructions in which the police-determined facts are ill...
FR #20486 | Movie | Drama | Austria, Italy | German, Italian
Director
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Writer
Rudolf Brunngraber, Kurt Heuser, Emmerich Robenz
Cast
Maria Eis, Aglaja Schmid, Marianne Schonauer
Plot
In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered by the Jews. Everything is done to accuse them before the trial. A study in stubbornness, racism and intolerance and h...
FR #20990 | Movie | Comedy, Family | Austria, Germany | German
Director
Thomas Engel
Writer
Erich Kastner, Maria Von Der Osten-Sacken, Thomas Engel
Cast
Hertha Feiler, Paul Klinger, Annie Rosar
Plot
Despite their social differences, daughter of wealthy parents Luise (aka Pünktchen) befriends Anton, a boy who must earn his own money in order to support his sick mother and himself. Together they undergo different adventures, ev...
FR #21931 | Movie | Documentary | Austria | German
Director
Ulrich Seidl
Writer
Ulrich Seidl
Cast
Ernst Schonmann, Franz Holzschuh, Erich Wogerer
Plot
In conurbations where hundreds of thousands live alongside one another, in the era of a highly technological society, in which communication has never played such a significant role, man has become lonely. Disappointed by his fell...
FR #22356 | Movie | History, Drama | Austria, Hungary | Hungarian, German
Director
Istvan Szabo
Writer
Peter Dobai, Erik Jan Hanussen, Paul Hengge
Cast
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson, Ildiko Bansagi
Plot
A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that c...
In the Republic of Utopia, because of the bad economic crisis ailing the nation, the Jews are made the scapegoats for the economic and social ills affecting the population; therefore, the government decides to expel them.
FR #22994 | Movie | Drama, History | Austria | German
Director
Karl Hartl
Writer
Ernst Lothar, Karl Hartl, Franz Tassie
Cast
Paula Wessely, Helene Thimig, Hedwig Bleibtreu
Plot
A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is reflected in the ups and downs of a family of piano-makers in Vienna.
FR #23099 | Movie | Drama | Austria, Germany | German, Arabic
Director
Ulrich Seidl
Writer
Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
Cast
Maria Hofstatter, Nabil Saleh, Rene Rupnik
Plot
A single woman in her 50s devotes her vacations to doing Catholic missionary work in Vienna, descending into violent self-punishment as part of her faith.
For centuries, the Norwegian Björndal family has been gaining wealth and prestige, painstakingly conquering farm land on nature to make their estate Björndal the envy of all the region, while their proud rivals, the noble von Gall...
Story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents, who were both doctors, and the director's memories about growing up in the hospital environment.
FR #24446 | Movie | Music, Drama | Austria, Germany | German
Director
Daniele Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Writer
Arnold Schonberg
Cast
Gunter Reich, Louis Devos, Eva Csapo
Plot
In expressive, melodic tones, the fraternal pair debate God's true message and intent for His creations, a conflict that leads their followers - in extravagantly choreographed song and dance - towards chaos and sin.
