Sushi

Sushi 1992

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Somewhere in America, some time in the thirties, a gangster is fighting for his life, an Italian is fighting for his money, and an Asian is fighting for recognition. Raw fish and seaweed, and Lizzy in the midst of it all...

1992

War in Vienna

War in Vienna 1989

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A film about news, life and death. Before the media became so prevalent, we were concerned about our immediate neighborhood. At the end of the day, news was the subject of our conversations, but now it's possible to converse with someone at the other end of the globe. We do it all the time. It's simple. The world has become one big neighborhood. Now Headline News has replaced the back fence. That's the news service of the eigthies. It's a new idea and a new approach.

1989

Kilometer 123,5

Kilometer 123,5 1994

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A cheerless petrol station buffet. A woman creates for herself her own dream world, far away. A stranger only wants some petrol.

1994

Soltana

Soltana 1988

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The Macedonian Soltana is the last original inhabitant of Europe. She still remembers the first automobile: she thought it was a terrible monster. She is neither capable of reading nor writing. At the age of 18, her family takes her to Austria, where she has the opportunity to marry a rich man. No use to think twice about it - Soltana obeys. As a woman, she says, she has no alternative. In Soltana's life no big events took place. But those who look closely are bound to discover tremendous openness and vitality in the small steps of her life.

1988

Schlaf

Schlaf 1989

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After a car accident, Sebastian contracts an uncanny sleeping sickness. Every day he sleeps a minute longer than the preceding day. Sebastian attempts to find out on his own what sleep is.

1989

Vergiss Sneider!

Vergiss Sneider! 1987

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Witty, literary and intellectual Kammerspiel film which presents the day after the end of the world as an allegory.

1987

Aus dem Tagebuch einer alten Frau

Aus dem Tagebuch einer alten Frau 1988

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Pictures of everyday life of an old woman: During the week she waits for one event, the visit of her daughter on Sunday.

1988

Bist du gelähmt...?!

Bist du gelähmt...?! 1988

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What does a lion think when he sees a person in a wheelchair in the desert? - "Meals on Wheels..."

1988

Parodontose Now

Parodontose Now 1983

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In order to obtain his rehabilitation with his professional association because of malpractice committed in the past, Dr. Wilhelm Andacht, a dentist, must track down an ex-colleague, Dr. Engelbert Lang, and do away with him. The latter has been using rather unusual, very successful but unapproved methods of treatment. In addition, he enjoys great popularity among the population of the Totes Gebirge. To help him do his job, Dr. Andacht has been given a doctor, a masseur and an operating room aid. All of them are to be rehabilitated too. Their undertaking is a disastrous flop.

1983

Die vergessene Minderheit oder Die Geschichte einer Grenze

Die vergessene Minderheit oder Die Geschichte einer Grenze 1992

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For centuries the Germans and Slovenes lived in peace with one another in southern Styria. Then, when the border was defined, the killing began. A picture of southern Styria far removed from the usual associations of wine-drinking, merry-making and seclusion and the literary fantasies about it...

1992

Eine Bewegung der Zeit

Eine Bewegung der Zeit 1987

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A sketch: Observation of everyday life of people and situations in Vienna. "Visual art is an excellent way of observation in our culture. The everyday situations are seen briefly, continously but rarely as perceived and consciously experienced." (Michael Kreihsl)

1987

Die Täuschung des Auges durch das Ohr

Die Täuschung des Auges durch das Ohr 1990

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A documentary look behind the scenes at dubbing voices and sound effects. A scene is filmed and then copied three times with different sound effects and dialogues, thereby telling thre different stories.

1990

Warten

Warten 1991

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All are waiting everywhere

1991

R.O.T. - Film ohne UFOS

R.O.T. - Film ohne UFOS 1989

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Every interior has an exterior. Every exposure is exhibition. My interior/exterior-consumed! Each cadre has a blatant lack of orientation. All questions remain unanswered.

1989

Das Hartmut-Wolf-System

Das Hartmut-Wolf-System 1988

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The Hartmut-Wolf-System is a relationship between two people which adheres to strict internal and external rules. The Hartmut-Wolf-System leads to self-destruction. A face à la viennoise.

1988

Wohin verschwindet das Meer bei Ebbe?

Wohin verschwindet das Meer bei Ebbe? 1992

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In the beginning is the sea. Night over the harbour. Then a plane takes off. Dana, the friend, leaves the airport building. Dana, the milliner, leaves the millinery. Dana, the traveller, sits in the train.

1992

Berlina - Eine Reise ins Ungewisse

Berlina - Eine Reise ins Ungewisse 1992

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A travelling salesman attempts to cross a vast, dark forest in his old medium-range car, an Opel "Berlina". Suddenly, however, something happens... And then there is nothing.

1992

Tod eines Lesenden

Tod eines Lesenden 1984

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A man reads a book. Ordinary enough, except that he is sentenced to death and scheduled to be shot in ten minutes. Obviously, he will not get to the end of the story. Based on an unfinished short story by Arthur Schnitzler.

1984

Aisanma

Aisanma 1989

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A man wakes up and doesn't know what has happened. Moments of memory and traces, which seem to fall in place, lead him to believe that he has murdered a woman.

1989

Studio Schönbrunn

Studio Schönbrunn 1988

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"Studio Schönbrunn" is an ironic play with quotations. Paula Wessely in the Nazi-Wien-Film-production "Heimkehr", Leni Riefenstahl's biography, as well as Nestroy, Mozart, Marx, Frank Sinatra, Jandl. The text is adapted, de-familiarized and de-subjectivized. Consequently, the leading actor shoots the film's author.

1988