A Fortunate Man

A Fortunate Man 2018

6.85

A gifted engineer flees his austere roots to pursue wealth and success among Copenhagen's elite. As he rises through the ranks of society, the pride propelling him threatens to be his ruin.

2018

Mesmer

Mesmer 1994

6.00

A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism."

1994

Ich oder du

Ich oder du 1984

1

For the first time two antagonists meet in a countryside disco: one is a farmer's son, the other a drug addict singer from Vienna. And then there is her. The fight between the two men for the girl begins in in the city.

1984

Princesse Marie

Princesse Marie 2004

8.00

The story of Napoleon Bonaparte's grandniece, the famous Princess Marie, her friendship and her work with Sigmund Freud.

2004

Šílený kankán

Šílený kankán 1983

1

During the First World War, the crooks Scholef and Krumka sell weapons on the black market. After the collapse of the monarchy they try their hand at speculation on a grand scale.

1983

'38 - Vienna Before the Fall

'38 - Vienna Before the Fall 1986

6.22

The film presents the political events surrounding the Anschluss in March of 1938 through the lives of Carola Hell, a popular young actress at the prestigious Theater in der Josefstadt, and Martin Hofmann, the Jewish journalist she plans to marry. When we encounter the couple in the lovely springtime weather their future is full of promise. They are determined to stay clear of politics. Yet in the climate of the time, nobody of her prominence or his religion can remain apolitical. Although Martin's journalist friend, Drechsler, calls to inform them that the Nazis plan to take over Austria soon, they concentrate on their work and their private happiness and dismiss the warnings.

1986

The Distant Land

The Distant Land 1987

5.00

The Distant Land (German: Das weite Land) is a 1987 Austrian-German drama film directed by Luc Bondy. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler, which is generally referred to in English as The Vast Domain and was also adapted by Tom Stoppard as Undiscovered Country.

1987

Tramps

Tramps 1983

2.50

The intellectual Willie flees from his bourgeois-academic environment, leaving behind his wife, child, and job to lead a vagabond life. In Vienna, he meets the retired laborer Josef, who becomes his closest friend. Together, they drink and roam the city. Willie makes one last attempt to visit his ex-wife in Salzburg, but she turns him away. Secretly, he takes his son Tommi with him, putting him in danger when they encounter a sinister motorcycle gang.

1983

Student Gerber

Student Gerber 1981

6.60

Kurt Gerber is attending his final class and gets into trouble with the math professor, a frustrated self-assured petty bourgeois sadist. The duel ends in catastrophe.

1981

Kassbach - Ein Portrait

Kassbach - Ein Portrait 1979

6.00

Viennese vegetable merchant Karl Kassbach becomes a member of a right-wing extremist organization, which plans numerous attacks on democratic institutions and journalists. The film attempts to portray a realistic and detail-oriented study of the mind of the "Kleinbürger", trapped between the fringes of the lower and middle-classes.

1979

Trokadero

Trokadero 1981

4.00

A comedy about love, money and alcohol. About someone who tries to exploit love to sell alcohol and get rich...

1981

Krambambuli

Krambambuli 1998

6.00

The new forester Georg Walch wants to put the poachers out of business. Believing that the animal will return to him, the poacher Wolf Pachler leaves him his hunting dog Krambambuli. The feature film "Krambambuli" is based on the eponymous novella by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, the script was provided by Felix Mitterer. The main roles are played by Tobias Moretti, Gabriel Barylli and Christine Neubauer.

1998

The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg

The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg 1991

3.00

The 35-year-old ministry official Baron Leisenbohg had the stage career ten years ago as the cast of the "Queen of the Night", opera that promoted singer Klare Hell. Klare shows no gratitude however.

1991

Man in Search of Woman

Man in Search of Woman 1995

2.00

A group of men, addicted to pornography, have a chance to live out their fantasies but find that the reality is far different from what they expect.

1995