This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of “New Austrian Cinema” and presents Austria as a film country to be taken seriously.
The audience gets to see rare early works by well-known filmmakers as well as shots of landscapes that served as a source of inspiration and locations that have produced important Austrian films since the end of the 19th century.
Length 96 minutes
Michael Haneke | Ulrich Seidl | Jessica Hausner | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Barbara Albert | Nikolaus Wostry | Robert Dassanowsky | Paulina Moroder | Franz Gibran | Erni Mangold | Mark Bujdos | Victoria Preminger | Peter Kubelka | Maria Dammer | Klaus Maria Brandauer | Ruth Beckermann | Stefan Ruzowitzky | Michael Ostrowski | Peter Tscherkassky | Antonin Svoboda | Attila Boa | Christoph Waltz | Arash T. Riahi