The Austrian Film - Edition Der Standard
by steve210591 | created - 01 Apr 2020 | updated - 6 months ago | PublicAustrian films selected by the editors of the newspaper Der Standard in cooperation with the film distributor Hoanzl and the Austrian Film Archive. Shorts and TV (mini)series are excluded.
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1. Nordrand (1999)
103 min | Drama
Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad, and Roman live near the northern border of Austria in 1995. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young migrants ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Albert | Stars: Nina Proll, Edita Malovcic, Astrit Alihajdaraj, Tudor Chirila
Votes: 604
2. The Piano Teacher (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, Music
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 71,881 | Gross: $1.90M
3. Hinterholz 8 (1998)
90 min | Comedy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Harald Sicheritz | Stars: Roland Düringer, Nina Proll, Rudolf Rohaczek, Wolfgang Böck
Votes: 1,367
4. Exit... nur keine Panik (1980)
105 min | Action, Crime
A guy having sex with a woman on a rooftop - just to get her coffee-machine.
Director: Franz Novotny | Stars: Hanno Pöschl, Paulus Manker, Isolde Barth, Eddie Constantine
Votes: 116
5. Schöne Tage (1982 TV Movie)
148 min | Drama
Director: Fritz Lehner | Stars: Andreas Umnig Jr., Martin Fritz, Johann Woschitz, Veronika Dovjak
Votes: 39
6. Dog Days (2001)
R | 121 min | Drama
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.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Maria Hofstätter, Christine Jirku, Viktor Hennemann, Georg Friedrich
Votes: 6,548 | Gross: $0.01M
7. India (1993)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Harather | Stars: Josef Hader, Alfred Dorfer, Maria Hofstätter, Roger Murbach
Votes: 3,092
8. Himmel oder Hölle (1990)
75 min | Drama
We are watching a boy of ten being confronted with two of the most prevalent taboos: death and sexuality, especially when the recourse offered by religion and society differs from a child's point of view.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Adi Murnberger, Fabian Weidinger, Johannes Habeler, Lukas Habeler
Votes: 56
9. Ich gelobe (1994)
115 min | Drama
In a small army base at the Eastern border of Austria a young recruit is trained to be a soldier to protect his country in case of war. He has to stay for 8 months and during this time he escapes in his own fantasy world...
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Christoph Dostal, Andreas Lust, Andreas Simma, Marcus J. Carney
Votes: 202
10. Heimkehr der Jäger (2000)
161 min | Drama
A still life painter despairs of the real world.
Director: Michael Kreihsl | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Julia Kravitz, Nikolaus Paryla, Johannes Silberschneider
Votes: 74
11. Kurzer Prozeß (1967)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An inconspicuous policeman is send to solve a murder case.
Director: Michael Kehlmann | Stars: Helmut Qualtinger, Gudrun Thielemann, Fritz Eckhardt, Georg Lhotzky
Votes: 119
12. In Schwimmen-zwei-Vögel (1997)
93 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Austrian avant-garde theatre director Kurt Palm adaption of Flann O'Brien's beer-soaked, brilliantly funny, modernist masterpiece for the screen.
Director: Kurt Palm | Stars: Andreas Sobik, Renato Uz, Andreas Karner, Johannes Friesinger
Votes: 60
13. The Practice of Love (1985)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Judith is a maverick reporter who is also seeking a satisfying relationship with various men. She finds corruption and power-games everywhere.
Director: Valie Export | Stars: Adelheid Arndt, Rüdiger Vogler, Hagnot Elischka, Franz Kantner
Votes: 74
14. Heidenlöcher (1986)
100 min | Drama, War
Director: Wolfram Paulus | Stars: Florian Pircher, Albert Paulus, Helmut Vogel, Matthias Aichhorn
Votes: 41
15. Hotel (2004)
76 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When Irene gets a job as a hotel maid she soon finds out that the previous girl disappeared in mysterious circumstances.
Director: Jessica Hausner | Stars: Franziska Weisz, Birgit Minichmayr, Marlene Streeruwitz, Peter Strauß
Votes: 1,793
16. Der Überfall (2000)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Looking around for a suitable place to hold up, Andreas stumbles into a tailor's shop. What was supposed to last only a few minutes ends up being a bizarre afternoon for three men: the ... See full summary »
Director: Florian Flicker | Stars: Roland Düringer, Josef Hader, Joachim Bißmeier, Birgit Doll
Votes: 522
17. Echo Park (1985)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everyone is more than they initially seem. May waits tables, raises a son, Henry, and is an aspiring actress. She needs a roommate and takes in... See full summary »
Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Michael Bowen, Christopher Walker
Votes: 730 | Gross: $0.70M
18. The Inheritors (1998)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery
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. ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Simon Schwarz, Sophie Rois, Lars Rudolph, Tilo Prückner
Votes: 1,187 | Gross: $0.20M
19. Slugs (2004)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Three young pals plan to earn money by shooting an hardcore-porno movie. But is it really so easy to shoot some gang-banging with home-video equipment?
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Raimund Wallisch, Michael Ostrowski, Pia Hierzegger, Iva Lukic
Votes: 1,080
20. Angeschwemmt (1994)
86 min | Documentary
'Washed up' presents a portrait of people who spend their lives on the banks of the river Danube or on the river itself. (Robert Buchschwenter)
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Stars: Josef Fuchs, Vickerl Albrecht, Kastner Herbert, Helene Rotaru
Votes: 30
21. The Neighbor (1992)
92 min | Drama
An elderly man, obsessed with his neighbour, begins to follow her.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Rudolf Wessely, Dana Vávrová, Wolfgang Böck, Hana Cainer
Votes: 128
22. Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin (2002)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, War
Documentary featuring interview footage with Traudl Junge, one of Hitler's personal secretaries during WWII.
Directors: André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer | Star: Traudl Junge
Votes: 1,814 | Gross: $0.38M
23. 1. April 2000 (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
It is the year 2000 and the World Global Union is in charge, although other countries are allowed to elect their own government leaders, as long as they support the Union. When Austria's ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Stars: Hilde Krahl, Josef Meinrad, Waltraut Haas, Judith Holzmeister
Votes: 256
24. Ab morgen wird sich alles ändern (1980)
56 min | Drama
Director: Andreas Gruber | Stars: Ingrid Greifeneder, Robert Kühnel, Petra Lorenz, Sissy Möseneder
Votes: 6
25. Freistadt (1976 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Fritz Lehner | Star: Othmar Jantscher
Votes: 7
27. The Prom (1992)
49 min | Drama
Marty is not comfortable showing his body at college or private. He is suffering from a skin disease called nevus flammeus. In town he stumbles on The Dunes. A porn-shop-theme-park with one... See full summary »
Director: Steven Shainberg | Stars: Andras Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Malotta, Cole Hauser
Votes: 110
28. Come Sweet Death (2000)
107 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz, Barbara Rudnik, Michael Schönborn
Votes: 3,469
29. Silentium (2004)
116 min | Crime, Thriller
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.
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz, Joachim Król, Maria Köstlinger
Votes: 3,523
30. The Excluded (1982 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Two young characters in this story of rebellious youth are named after two Germans, brother and sister Hans and Sophie Scholl who were imprisoned and executed for their anti-Nazi stance ... See full summary »
Director: Franz Novotny | Stars: Paulus Manker, Ursula Knobloch, Karl Kröpfl, Alexandra Curtis
Votes: 103
31. Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna (1990)
130 min | Documentary
This documentary, Ulrich Seidl's full-length film debut, examines the lives of the street newspaper sellers in Vienna, a mixture of men from Turkey, India, Pakistan, Egypt, and Eastern ... See full summary »
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Salah Abdel, Mustafa Muhammed, Kumar Saha Probil
Votes: 157
32. Müllers Büro (1986)
104 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Private detective Max Müller and his assistent Larry try to solve a crime but find themselves in strange bars and women.
Directors: Niki List, Hans Selikovsky | Stars: Andreas Vitásek, Barbara Rudnik, Christian Schmidt, Sue Tauber
Votes: 813
33. 38 (1986)
97 min | Drama
In 1938, Austria is about to become a part of the Third Reich. A theater actress and a Jewish journalist fall in love and spend time together, completely ignoring the political turmoil of the time despite friendly warnings.
Director: Wolfgang Glück | Stars: Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles, Heinz Trixner, Romuald Pekny
Votes: 190
34. Foreigners out! Schlingensiefs Container (2002)
90 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
FOREIGNERS OUT! SCHLINGENSIEFS CONTAINER is a thrilling, insightful, funny chronicle and reflection of one of he biggest public pranks and acts of art terrorism ever committed. Austria 2000... See full summary »
Director: Paul Poet | Stars: Christoph Schlingensief, Matthias Lilienthal, Rainer Laux, Elfriede Jelinek
Votes: 336
35. Megacities (1998)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A look at the people who live precariously, but with an unusual level of resourcefulness and imagination, in four gigantic urban agglomerations: Mumbai, New York City, Moscow and Mexico City.
Director: Michael Glawogger
Votes: 1,028
36. Totstellen (1975 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama
Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Klaus Rott, Sylvia Haider, Bruno Dallansky, Liliana Nelska
Votes: 42
37. Das Einhorn (1978)
111 min | Drama
An advertising expert and writer is pushed by his publisher to deliver a script for a new book. This one is supposed to be on the topic sexuality.
Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Peter Vogel, Gila von Weitershausen, Christiane Rücker, Isolde Barth
Votes: 44
38. Schamlos (1968)
74 min | Crime, Drama
A debt collecting teenage gangster falls in love with an exotic dancer and seeks revenge after she's murdered.
Director: Eddy Saller | Stars: Thomas Astor, Gino Baldini, Rolf Eden, Herbert Kersten
Votes: 129
39. Radetzkymarsch (1965 TV Movie)
230 min | Drama
Director: Michael Kehlmann | Stars: Leopold Rudolf, Helmuth Lohner, Hertha Martin, Manfred Inger
Votes: 88
40. Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland (1989)
97 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A true story about Johann Georg Elser, a quiet carpenter who tried to assassinate Hitler with an explosive device in 1939.
Director: Klaus Maria Brandauer | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Rebecca Miller, Brian Dennehy, Nigel Le Vaillant
Votes: 293
41. Der Stille Ozean (1983 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
Director: Xaver Schwarzenberger | Stars: Hanno Pöschl, Marie-France Pisier, Johannes Thanheiser, Bruno Dallansky
Votes: 36
42. Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
107 min | Documentary
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 with the leftovers.
Director: Hubert Sauper | Stars: Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese, Raphael Tukiko Wagara, Dimond Remtulia, Marcus Nyoni
Votes: 5,663 | Gross: $0.20M
43. Wienfilm 1896-1976 (1976)
117 min | History
An anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual cliched "image of Vienna" such as that found in the traditional "Vienna Film" by juxtaposing documentary footage.
Director: Ernst Schmidt Jr. | Stars: Friedrich Achleitner, Marc Adrian, H.C. Artmann, Helmut Benedict
Votes: 26
44. Mother's Day (1994)
95 min | Comedy
A satirical take on the life of a family in a public-housing complex in Vienna as they prepare for Mother's Day.
Director: Harald Sicheritz | Stars: Alfred Dorfer, Reinhard Nowak, Andrea Händler, Eva Billisich
Votes: 2,204
45. Die Verwundbaren (1967)
76 min | Drama
Director: Leo Tichat | Stars: Kim Dimon, Christine Prober, Frank Debray, Herbert Fux
Votes: 22
46. Wienerinnen (1952)
96 min | Drama
After the model of the Italian neorealist films, follows the lives of four women and their fates. Using professional actors and laymen, director Kurt Steinwendner presents the four "jealousy dramas" as allegorical episodes.
Director: Kurt Steinwendner | Stars: Maria Eis, Elfe Gerhart, Heinz Moog, Hans Putz
Votes: 59
47. Die Ministranten (1990)
83 min | Drama
The main characters of the story are Pauli, a teacher's son, and Sepp, the son of a sawmill owner. They get to know each other while serving as altar boys, become friends and decide to form their own gang with themselves as leaders.
Director: Wolfram Paulus | Stars: Christoph Schnell, Daniel Rosenkranz, Gerald Bachler, Christian Haslauer
Votes: 33
48. Postadresse: 2640 Schlöglmühl (1990)
81 min | Documentary
Director: Egon Humer | Star: Eva Hosemann
49. East of War (1996)
117 min | Documentary, War
A controversial photography exhibit about atrocities committed by the German army on the Eastern Front during World War II inspired Ruth Beckermann to interview soldiers about their experiences beyond the bounds of "normal" warfare.
Director: Ruth Beckermann
Votes: 119
50. Kotsch (2006)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
In Fohnsdorf, Austria's largest village--which has a high unemployment rate because of the closing of a coal mine--under the Viktor Klima administration in the early 2000s, four friends ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Köpping | Stars: Christoph Theußl, Andreas Kiendl, Michael Ostrowski, Michael Fuith
Votes: 76
51. Staatsoperette (1977)
67 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: Franz Novotny | Stars: Marie Therese Escribano, Emmy Werner, Erwin Gross, Fritz Hakl
Votes: 24
52. The Uppercrust (1981)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
This film combines two very different styles: an atmospheric psycho thriller about the ice-cold hired gun, and the bizarre satire of the Austrian TV serial "Kottan ermittelt".
Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Bibiane Zeller, Ernst Konarek, Fred Schaffer, Pavel Landovský
Votes: 98
53. The Seventh Continent (1989)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
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.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel
Votes: 17,055
54. Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna (1986)
127 min | Drama
In the conclusion of Axel Corti's trilogy - 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.
Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Gabriel Barylli, Nicolas Brieger, Claudia Messner, Karlheinz Hackl
Votes: 186
55. Mann im Schatten (1961)
95 min | Crime
Director: Arthur Maria Rabenalt | Stars: Helmut Qualtinger, Ellen Schwiers, Barbara Frey, Katharina Mayberg
Votes: 76
56. Slumming (2006)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Two yuppies play mean tricks on one another until one joke has fatal consequences.
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Paulus Manker, August Diehl, Michael Ostrowski, Pia Hierzegger
Votes: 869
57. Vollgas (2002)
96 min | Drama
Evi, a young mother, works as a seasonal waitress in a winter sports village. She wants to live on the edge and get all the enjoyment she can out of life.
Director: Sabine Derflinger | Stars: Henriette Heinze, Philomena Wolflingseder, Carmen Gratl, Sibylle Gogg
Votes: 95
58. Losses to Be Expected (1993)
118 min | Documentary
Looks at two communities on either side of the Czech - Austrian border. There's an elderly man in Austria looking for a new wife, and he meets a lone single woman on the Czech side of the border.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Paula Hutterová, Vladimir Kundrát, Rusena Machaloyá, Alois Paur
Votes: 212
59. Be Gentle, Penguin (1982)
94 min | Romance, Comedy
Director: Peter Hajek | Stars: Marie Colbin, Heinz Hoenig, Rainer Hunold, Petra Jokisch
Votes: 118
60. Flucht ins Schilf (1953)
93 min | Drama
Director: Kurt Steinwendner | Stars: Heinz Altringen, Kurt Jaggberg, Ilka Windish, Alexander Kerst
Votes: 26
61. Blue Moon (2002)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
After screwing up a money exchange a Viennese small-time crook accompanied by a Russian hostess hits the road to the East.
Director: Andrea Maria Dusl | Stars: Josef Hader, Victoria Malektorovych, Detlev Buck, Ivan Laca
Votes: 471
62. Das weiße Rauschen (2001)
103 min | Drama
Kati, Jochen and Lukas take a trip on magic mushrooms. Lukas is not coming back.
Directors: Hans Weingartner, Tobias Amann | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Anabelle Lachatte, Patrick Joswig, Karl Danguillier
Votes: 3,550
63. Weininger's Last Night (1990)
105 min | Drama
Self-imprisoned in an apartment which is reminiscent of a theater stage, Otto Weininger recalls certain events of his life before shooting himself on October 4, 1903.
Director: Paulus Manker | Stars: Paulus Manker, Hilde Sochor, Josefin Platt, Sieghardt Rupp
Votes: 68
64. Malambo (1984)
93 min | Drama
Director: Milan Dor | Stars: Klaus Rohrmoser, Miodrag Andric, Nirit Sommerfeld, Dietrich Siegl
Votes: 11
65. Erinnerungen an ein verlorenes Land (1988)
70 min | Documentary
Director: Manfred Neuwirth | Stars: Ferdinand Frank, Margarete Frank, Alois Gruber, Elisabeth König
66. Charms Zwischenfälle (1996)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
Humourous interpretation of the poems and writings of Soviet dadaist Daniil Charms. These are organized into a sequence, suggesting a storyline, about a poor Russian poet who lives in ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Kreihsl | Stars: Johannes Silberschneider, Wolfgang Hübsch, Ela Piplits, Elzbieta Czyzewska
Votes: 65
67. Raffl (1984)
95 min | Drama, History
Portrait of an alpine countryside during the Napoleonic wars. The hero, a poor countryman, is faced with expulsion from society after having informed the French occupants of the hiding place of the guerrilla leader.
Director: Christian Berger | Stars: Lois Weinberger, Dietmar Schönherr, Barbara Weber, Barbara Viertl
Votes: 20
69. Babooska (2005)
100 min | Documentary
A year in the life of members of a troupe of circus performers. The circus is named Il Floriciccio.
Directors: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel | Stars: Babooska Gerardi, Michele Pellegrini, Azzurra Gerardi, Naike Gerardi
Votes: 68
70. Böse Zellen (2003)
120 min | Drama, Romance
A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Albert | Stars: Kathrin Resetarits, Ursula Strauss, Georg Friedrich, Marion Mitterhammer
Votes: 560 | Gross: $0.00M
71. Drinnen und draußen (1984)
91 min | Drama
Director: Andreas Gruber | Stars: Heidi Baratta, Jan Kolar, Margarete Maurer, Alfons Stummer
Votes: 10
72. The Paper Bridge (1987)
95 min | Documentary
Beckermann's parents met in Vienna after the Holocaust. Tracing the migratory paths of her family before World War II, Beckerman returns to the European Jewish communities which inspired her childhood stories.
Director: Ruth Beckermann | Stars: Betty Beckermann, Salo Beckermann, Herbert Gropper, Robert Schindel
Votes: 78
73. Nachsaison (1988)
87 min | Drama
Lenz is a masseur at a once-popular mountain resort that has fallen on hard times. With his debts mounting far beyond his income, he resorts to stealing furniture and uses what he is not able to sell.
Director: Wolfram Paulus | Stars: Albert Paulus, Günther Maria Halmer, Mercedes Echerer, Daniela Obermeir
Votes: 15
74. Wanted (II) (1999)
90 min | Fantasy
Trauma surgeon Thomas Reiter voluntarily withdraws to a closed institution because he no longer wants to face everyday life. He solves problems in his imagination - a western fantasy. A ... See full summary »
Director: Harald Sicheritz | Stars: Alfred Dorfer, John Phillip Law, Thomas Koziol, Gerhard Rühmkorf
Votes: 436
75. No Name City (2006)
86 min | Documentary
In a Western theme park near Vienna, a handful of 'residents' (the people who work there) are living on the small line between reality and fiction.
Directors: Florian Flicker, Georg Misch | Stars: Anita Braun, Fritz Csar, Brigitte Danninger, Armin Groß
Votes: 22
76. We Feed the World (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at how the world's food is produced and how mass production changes the environment and the lives of people.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Jean Ziegler, Peter Brabeck, Karl Otrok
Votes: 2,478
77. Der Schüler Gerber (1981 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
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.
Director: Wolfgang Glück | Stars: Gabriel Barylli, Werner Kreindl, Romuald Pekny, Paola Loew
Votes: 124
78. Die weiße Stadt (1975 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Director: Michael Kehlmann | Stars: Peter Weck, Sonja Sutter, Hertha Martin, Attila Hörbiger
Votes: 12
79. Moos auf den Steinen (1968)
82 min | Drama
Hostile literary friends Petrik (young, idealistic, unsuccessful) and Mehlmann (enterprising, successful) spend a weekend at a crumbling baroque castle in the Marchfeld, illustrating very different ideas of a post-war Austria.
Director: Georg Lhotzky | Stars: Fritz Muliar, Erika Pluhar, Louis Ries, Johannes Schauer
Votes: 39
80. Kassbach - Ein Portrait (1979)
110 min | Drama
The Viennese vegetable merchant Karl Kassbach becomes a member of the right-wing extremist organization "Initiative", which plans numerous attacks and assassinations in the Vienna.
Director: Peter Patzak | Stars: Walter Kohut, Immy Schell, Maria Engelstorfer, Konrad Becker
Votes: 82
81. Der Fall Jägerstätter (1971 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography
The story of the last days of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943), who was executed by the Nazi regime because of his refusal to compromise with a perverse system.
Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Kurt Weinzierl, Julia Gschnitzer, Rose Dybal, Helmut Wlasak
Votes: 88
82. Operation Spring (2005)
92 min | Documentary
The film takes a critical look at the "Operation Spring" raids conducted in 1999 by the Austrian police against the "Nigerian drug mafia."
Directors: Angelika Schuster, Tristan Sindelgruber | Stars: Lennart Binder, Phillip Bischof, Ute Bock, Emmanuel Chukwujekwu
Votes: 56
83. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
71 scenes revolving around a recent immigrant, a couple that has just adopted a daughter, a college student and a lonely old man.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Gabriel Cosmin Urdes, Lukas Miko, Otto Grünmandl, Anne Bennent
Votes: 8,740
84. Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 (2002)
80 min | Comedy
Low-budget political satire in which August Diehl, as a reporter, goes in search of the missing Jörg Haider after the American occupation of Austria.
Director: Peter Kern | Stars: August Diehl, Traute Hoess, Heinrich Herki, Günter Tolar
Votes: 161
85. Exit II: Transfigured Night (1995)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Plachinger and Kirchhoff, the heroes of Franz Novotny's 1980 comedy Exit - Do Not Panic - meet by chance after ten years and spend a night together in which they attempt to be as they were in the old days: anarchistic and orgiastic.
Director: Franz Novotny | Stars: Hanno Pöschl, Helmut Berger, Hilde Berger, I. Stangl
Votes: 51
86. Asphalt (1951)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Harald Röbbeling | Stars: Johanna Matz, Viktor Gschmeidler, Milan von Kamare, Anni Korin
Votes: 36
87. Ravioli (2003)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
Ravioli is the story of Heinz Hoschek, a man who has lost his wife and his parents, as well as many other good people in his life and now gives a review of his current situation.
Director: Peter Payer | Stars: Alfred Dorfer, Gertraud Jesserer, Branko Samarovski, Günther Paal
Votes: 154
88. Jedermanns Fest (2002)
173 min | Drama
Director: Fritz Lehner | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Juliette Gréco, Redbad Klynstra, Sylvie Testud
Votes: 68
89. Malaria (1982)
82 min | Comedy
One night at the Viennese New Wave Cafe Malaria
Director: Niki List | Stars: Wolfgang Kopper, Leopold Schreiner, Peter Gruber, Evelyn Karner
Votes: 70
90. Jesus von Ottakring (1976)
94 min | Drama
Director: Wilhelm Pellert | Stars: Rudolf Prack, Hilde Sochor, Peter Hey, Emanuel Schmied
Votes: 16
91. Antares (2004)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories revolve around the love lives of an adulterous woman, a checkout girl and a single mother.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Petra Morzé, Andreas Patton, Hary Prinz, Susanne Wuest
Votes: 3,539
92. Der Schnitt durch die Kehle oder Die Auferstehung des Adalbert Stifter (2003)
81 min | Documentary
Director: Kurt Palm | Stars: Hans Bankl, Konstantin Gaal, Franz Hafner, Erich Horvath
Votes: 16
93. Der Wadenmesser (2005)
84 min | Documentary
This documentary explores the many facets of Mozart outside of his music
Director: Kurt Palm | Stars: Marwan Abado, Hans Bankl, Florian Boesch, DJ Dandaman
Votes: 40
94. Halbe Welt (1995)
83 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The sun blazes down from the sky with destructive power; exposing oneself to its light means death. People have transposed everyday existence to the night. In the metropolis of HALF WORLD a... See full summary »
Director: Florian Flicker | Stars: Rainer Egger, Dani Levy, Mercedes Echerer, Maria Schrader
Votes: 107
95. Wolff von Amerongen: Did He Commit Bankruptcy Offences? (2004)
73 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Germany's predominant economic figures and their place in the socioeconomic systems of Europe are examined.
Director: Gerhard Benedikt Friedl
Votes: 84
96. Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979)
90 min | Drama
In Vienna, in 1930, a young woman falls in love with a gambler and leaves her fiancé, a common butcher. They become a couple and have a baby, but he gets bored and leaves them. Without means to support herself, her downfall begins.
Director: Maximilian Schell | Stars: Birgit Doll, Hanno Pöschl, Helmut Qualtinger, Jane Tilden
Votes: 166
98. The Counterfeiters (2007)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
Votes: 47,189 | Gross: $5.48M
99. Hallo Dienstmann (1952)
105 min | Comedy
Musical comedy about confused identities.
Director: Franz Antel | Stars: Paul Hörbiger, Hans Moser, Maria Andergast, Waltraut Haas
Votes: 201
100. Zechmeister (1982)
79 min
Directors: Angela Summereder, Elfi Mikesch | Stars: Asher Mendelssohn, Herbert Adamec, Dietrich Siegl, Michael Totz
Votes: 11
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