Tag: Austria

The Edukators

Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei 22 Mar 2006 Director: Hans Weingartner Germany, Austria 2004 127 min Jule is a student in Berlin. She is seriously in debt to a rich businessman following a car accident. Evicted from her home she moves in with her boyfriend Peter and his friend Jan. The two young idealists break… Continue reading The Edukators

Downfall

Der Untergang 25 Jan 2006 Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Germany, Italy, Austria 2004 156 min Traudl Junge, Hitler’s personal secretary, witnesses the last days of Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich in a bunker in Berlin. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of the bunker, Hitler’s mood turns from unjustified optimism to defiance and then to rage at… Continue reading Downfall

Caché

Hidden Director: Michael Haneke 11 Oct 2006 France, Austria, Germany, Italy 2005 117 min The comfortable life of talk show host George, and his wife Anne is shattered when they receive a package containing footage shot of themselves and their family. Secretly filmed by an unknown sender they are soon followed by disturbing drawings and… Continue reading Caché

Grbavica

Esma’s Secret 21 Nov 2007 Director: Jasmila Žbanić Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Croatia 2006 95 min A debut movie for Director Jasmila Zbanic. In the painful aftermath of the Balkan war, Bosnian mother, Esma, struggles to make ends meet in Sarajevo’s Grbavica district. Her daughter, Sara, lives in the knowledge that her father died a hero… Continue reading Grbavica

Styx

05 Feb 2020 Director: Wolfgang Fischer Germany, Austria 2018 94 min Rieke, a determined and confident Emergency doctor, embodies a Western ideal of happiness and success. She wants to fulfil a long-held dream by sailing alone from Gibraltar to the volcanic Ascension Island. Her voyage changes course drastically when she encounters a damaged boat overloaded… Continue reading Styx