Metamorphosis 2007
In the Seventeenth Century, while Hungary is fighting the Turks, the population of a small village in...
In the Seventeenth Century, while Hungary is fighting the Turks, the population of a small village in...
Christl and Hansi Sandgruber return from their vacation in Australia. A lot of work awaits them, as the wildlife park's 30th anniversary is coming up. Hansi's arch-enemy Viktoria Perterer is going through less rosy times, having gone bankrupt overnight after reckless stock market speculation. Unexpectedly, a rumor surfaces that old Sandgruber may be responsible for the unexplained death of Viktoria's beloved father, who died in a mountain accident. Hansi is outraged by this suspicion of his father, but there seems to be evidence to support it.
The special unit "AT-13" is a top-secret, multinational anti-terrorist unit whose unconventional problem-solving methods are its trademark. It impresses not only with its team of professional counter-terrorism experts, but also with its outstanding technical capabilities, which are virtually limitless. With a clear mandate to combat global terrorism by any means necessary, Jack Darrow and his team are our last line of defense...
Johanna and Arnold Melzer are a well-coordinated team. He takes care of the kitchen, and she looks after the guests of their picturesque inn on the southern Styrian wine route. When Arnold runs off with the young kitchen assistant Valentina, leaving behind a mountain of debt, Johanna is shocked. Savings bank manager Josef Kappl grants her another loan, but he has some ulterior motives.
An unhappy young photographer is about to make his debut as a journalist. He is to write an obituary about the weapons-crazy mayor of a Lower Austrian village who, it is said, had a tank from WWII. In the course of his research he unearths a conspiracy of wifes murdering their husbands to get an early widowers pension.
Vienna, 1947. Bockerer and his wife Binerl have survived the war, though his butcher's shop was destroyed by bombs. Karl Bockerer opens up a new establishment in the center of the city. Post-war Vienna is divided into four zones in which the Allies run things and ensure that law and order prevails. This is the story of two lovers: Gustl, just returned form a POW camp, and the Russian interpreter Elena. Bockerer becomes the patron of their love. Elena's father was executed by Stalin, and the only way she can escape a similar fate is to marry an Austrian. Bockerer "buys" a husband for Elena and, full of tricks as ever, he succeeds in pulling the wool over the Russian occupier's eyes.
Wolf, a dangerously wealthy but gravely ill businessman, invites his brother Paul, now a Vatican priest, to his remote castle seeking absolution, which alone can restore his virility and power.
Veterinarian Hansi Riedlinger emigrated to Australia many years ago. At the request of his mother Marianne, he is now returning to Kaisertal to give his father Johann a hand. After an expensive renovation of his stud, the stud ran into financial difficulties and the farm was threatened with loss, because Mayor Ludwig Hackl asked for his loan back earlier than agreed. Johann is up to his neck, but he doesn't want to be helped. To this day, he has not forgiven his son for turning his back on the common veterinary practice. Hansi tries to support the father anyway, but the malicious Hackl lets him down coldly: He wants to finish off his former best friend Johann - because of an old feud.
Damn it, life isn't kind to Hansi: his wife dies in a mountain accident. The cheerful Tyrolean becomes a taciturn man. Only the pretty radio presenter Christl manages to melt the widower's frozen heart – up in the mountain hut. Reason enough for Hansi's adversary Viktoria to sabotage the young couple's happiness...
Requiem for Dominic powerfully portrayed the upheaval in that liminal space between revolution and order. This drama is captured partly on film, partly on video adding to the gritty reality of the time, place and events as they were unfolding in Eastern Europe as the "Iron Curtain" collapsed.
Sophie "inherits" her uncle's preserved whale and finds out that whoever sleeps in the whale's belly with her will be granted one wish, causing chaos and hatred in the village.
After Hansi's sister and girlfriend want to move to Munich for their respective reasons, he decides not to be a hurdle in their path and let them pursue their goals.
When their relatives from the countryside miss the train to their wedding anniversary, Lawyer Dr. Helwing and his wife Dolly decide to go out together. Meanwhile, infamous burglar "Monokel-Fredy" enters the Helwing villa with some of his cronies, only to find out that the relatives have arrived after all.
Roland is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy. Their father is near death and announces that his home and priceless collection of art have been bequeathed to the Italian government.
Hansi Sandgruber is on the trail of a dangerous poacher and asks the new mayor of Schönbichl, Lois Mostberger, for help. However, Mostberger is much more interested in the latest project of the sophisticated businesswoman Viktoria Perterer: the construction of a covered ski slope. As her first official act, Mostberger closes the retirement home, which is in need of renovation. This brings Hansi's girlfriend, the TV reporter Christl Huber, who is committed to helping senior citizens, into the picture. Meanwhile, Viktoria meets the well-off Baron Friedrich von Lien, from whom she hopes not only financial support but also a romantic relationship. While Viktoria already fancies herself a future baroness, von Lien has fallen in love with the attractive geriatric nurse Lisa Blum. Due to an intrigue, she is suspected of being a poacher and is taken into custody – until Hansi catches the real culprit.
Hansi is elated and looks forward to a happy life when his childhood sweetheart Regina marries him. However, he is unaware that his rival is conspiring to cause a rift in his family.
A small retirement home on the edge of Vienna where the city's oldest residents live. Patients over the age of 100 begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The police's secret investigation concentrates on the nursing staff at first. But the new medical director, Dr. Klein, discovers that one of the patients is the culprit.