Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse (2017), Persepolis (2007), The Sound of Music (1965), I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), The Mortal Storm (1940), Jules and Jim (1962), Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Austria movies.
Storyline: Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she's not quite at concert level. She's approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. She visits a sex shop to watch DVDs; she walks a drive-in theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other faculties?
Plot Keywords: music teacher, professor, mother, student, lover, brooding, shocking ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved, and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was--not easy, as Beethoven has had many women in his life.
Plot Keywords: composer, friend, mysterious woman, brother, son, assistant, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based on real events, A Hidden Life is the story of an unsung hero, Bl. Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife, Fani, and children that keeps his spirit alive.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: farmer, austrian, pacifist, bleak, emotional, inspiring, incredible ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Plot Keywords: jewish woman, lawyer, austrian, painter, model, nazi, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Three exceptional athletes in the demanding field of extreme sport are followed. They fly along cliffs, dive without oxygen into the depths of the sea and prove the capabilities of the human body during the longest endurance bike race. What motives and thoughts have made them into modern day heroes? What causes the fascination for individuals who expose themselves to exceptional risks? The movie follows these people in the attempt to find the limits of performance. We get to know their environment, their companions, but also listen to critical voices. We hear the desires and fears of the families and venture, through the inner circle of friends, into the psyche of the athletes. And what motives are important for these pursuits? Is it the lust for fame? For immortality? For the absolute life experience?—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: expert, emotional, fascinating, austria, interview, performance, extreme sports ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A 14-year-old video enthusiast is so caught up in film fantasy that he can no longer relate to the real world, to such an extent that he commits murder and records an on-camera confession for his parents.
Plot Keywords: teen boy, mother, father, teen girl, daughter, police officer, disturbing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In post-war Austria, young, handsome country lad, Konrad Ludwig (Michael York), charms his way into a butler position at the castle of the widowed (and destitute) countess von Ornstein (Angela Lansbury). Soon, the young man's running the entire household - and the bedrooms, as well. As he starts affairs with the countess' son, Helmuth (Anthony Higgins), and Anneliese Pleschke (Heidelinde Weis), the daughter of wealthy businessman, Herr Pleschke (John Gill). From this, Konrad decides to get his 2 lovers to marry each other, and restore the countess' finances.—Chris Abbenhuis <keller@telebyte.nl>
Plot Keywords: butler, countess, son, daughter, cheeky, charming, austria ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name to Eric Jan Hanussen and goes to Berlin, as a hypnotist and clairvoyant performing in halls and theaters. He always speaks the truth, which brings him to the attention of powerful Nazis. He predicts their rise (good propaganda for them) and their violence (not so good). He's in pain and at risk. What is Hanussen's future?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: soldier, doctor, manager, lover, clairvoyant, nazi, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason.
Plot Keywords: single mother, stepfather, fiancé, prostitute, stepson, boss, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The young Emperor Franz Joseph is on his way to his summer residence at Ischl, where his birthday will be celebrated with a big party. His mother, Archduchess Sophie, has decided that he shall marry her niece Princess Helene of Bayern, and that the engagement shall be proclaimed at the ball. Franz Joseph doesn't know Helene yet, but his mother has already prepared everything. To avoid suspicions of what is going on, her sister, Duchess Ludovika of Bavaria, brings not only Princess Helene, called Néné, to the ball, but also the somewhat younger Princess Elisabeth, called Sissi. Archduchess Sophie is particular about strict etiquette at the court, and dislikes her niece Sissi, who is a free spirit, just as her father, Duke Max of Bavaria. To keep Sissi inactive, her room in Ischl is locked from outside, but Sissi escapes through a window. She goes to the wood, and when she is fishing in a river, the Emperor Franz Joseph passes by in his royal carriage. He is immediately enamored by Sissi, who doesn't reveal her true identity. When Franz Joseph recognizes Sissi at the ball the same evening, he defies his mother, and proclaims that Sissi will become his wife and the new Empress of Austria.—Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se}
Plot Keywords: princess, duke, duchess, emperor franz josef, mother-in-law, sister, airy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Department of State courier Mike Kells ends up in postwar hotbed Trieste after failing to collect a package from a colleague. The Military Police are happy for him to get more involved, but things get a bit tough. After all, he is just a postman.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: courier, spy, femme fatale, double agent, thrilling, suspenseful, austria ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1935 a group of elderly British women, whom the Italians have named the Scorpioni, have chosen Italy, specifically Florence, as a place to live to blend their proper British sensibilities with their love of Italian art and culture. One of those Scorpioni, Mary Walsh (Dame Joan Plowright), works as the English secretary for Paolo Innocente (Massimo Ghini), who, in part because of his own wife's adamant refusal, largely neglects his illegitimate adolescent son, Luca (Baird Wallace), despite Paolo's want for Luca to grow up to be a proper young man, much like the English. Luca has lived in an orphanage since his dressmaker mother's death, death a concept that Luca does not yet understand. As such, he often runs away looking for his mother. On a mutual agreement between Paolo and Mary, Mary becomes Luca's guardian, she who will receive help in raising Luca by her fellow Scorpioni and financial help from Paolo as needed. Associated with the Scorpioni is a brash younger nouveau riche ...
Plot Keywords: expatriate, artist, businessman, archaeologist, young boy, widow, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: At the wedding of Albert and Anna, Karl, the new chauffeur, arrives. Albert is the head butler, second generation to the Baron. Karl soon seems out of place as a servant, and Albert tells him so. But Karl is a cad. Whenever he gets the chance, he will try to seduce Anna, who is not wise in the ways of the world. He lies without question if it is to his advantage and charms money out of Sophie, the old cook. He disrupts the household and then blackmails the Baroness to keep from being sacked.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: chauffeur, baron, baroness, butler, maid, cook, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Stephen Fermoyle has grown up in Boston at the turn of the twentieth century knowing that his destiny lies with the Catholic priesthood. Finally finishing his studies in Rome, he returns to America full of certitude and ambition to one day join the College of Cardinals. But his road to that office is a long one, paved with crises. In Boston, he must decide whether to save the life of his sister or her unborn child, conceived out of wedlock. In Austria, he confronts the question of whether to remain with the priesthood or abandon his oath so that he can be with the woman he loves. In Georgia, he contends with Rome's indifference in the face of racial bigotry. And in Austria, he finds himself personally involved in the church's dealings with the Third Reich.—Shannon Patrick Sullivan <shannon@mun.ca>
Plot Keywords: priest, cardinal, student, sister, inspiring, profound, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age until Miriam has had enough of them. Unfortunately that's currently the case with John, so his life expectancy is less than 24 hours. Desperately he seeks help from, the famous, Dr. Sarah Roberts. She doesn't really believe his story, but becomes curious and contacts Miriam . . . and gets caught in her spell, too.
Plot Keywords: father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, offbeat ...
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