Ulrich Seidl

Ulrich Seidl

Ulrich Maria Seidl is a director, screenwriter and producer. He does not consider himself a documentary filmmaker, but several of his films often blend fiction and nonfiction. He started his career with award-winning documentaries such as "Good News" (1990), "Animal Love (1995), and "Models" (1998). Seidl's first feature film "Dog Days" won the Special Jury Price at Venice Film Festival in 2001. "Import Export" (2007), the first film produce by his own company, was invited to the Cannes competition. So far Seidl has directed some 20 feature films, fictive or non fictive.

  • Title: Ulrich Seidl
  • Popularity: 1.971
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1952-11-24
  • Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria
  • Homepage: http://www.ulrichseidl.com/
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Ulrich Seidl Movies

  • 2020
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    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    5.2 2020 HD

    This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of "New Austrian Cinema" and presents Austria as a film...

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  • 2014
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    Ulrich Seidl - A Director at Work

    Ulrich Seidl - A Director at Work

    1 2014 HD

    This cinematic portrait shows the Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work. The much-discussed ‘Seidl method’ is conveyed here vividly and...

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  • 2022
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    Sun

    Sun

    5.6 2022 HD

    Young women, Austrian style. Yesmin is Kurdish and wears a headscarf. She shoots a cheeky burqa video with Bella and Nati which makes the trio famous...

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  • 2014
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    In the Basement

    In the Basement

    6.2 2014 HD

    Filmmaker Ulrich Seidl explores of the dark underside of the human psyche by entering Austrian basements fitted out as private domains for secrets...

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  • 2007
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    Import/Export

    Import/Export

    7.01 2007 HD

    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. Both are...

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  • 2007
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    Import/Export

    Import/Export

    7.01 2007 HD

    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. Both are...

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  • 2001
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    Dog Days

    Dog Days

    6.551 2001 HD

    Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.

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  • 2001
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    Dog Days

    Dog Days

    6.551 2001 HD

    Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.

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  • 1996
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    Animal Love

    Animal Love

    6.3 1996 HD

    In conurbations where hundreds of thousands live alongside one another, in the era of a highly technological society, in which communication has...

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  • 2005
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    Jesus, You Know

    Jesus, You Know

    6.9 2005 HD

    Six Catholics share their thoughts and problems with Jesus in different churches. The camera accompanies them.

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  • 1999
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    Models

    Models

    6.2 1999 HD

    A revealing and devastating portrait of a trio of aspiring real-life Viennese models. Vivian will stop at nothing to be a magazine cover girl. Lisa...

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  • 1990
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    Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna

    Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna

    6.5 1990 HD

    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,...

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  • 1992
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    Loss Is to Be Expected

    Loss Is to Be Expected

    4.2 1992 HD

    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...

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  • 1997
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    The Bosom Friend

    The Bosom Friend

    6.6 1997 HD

    Main character of this movie is Rene Rupnik, a former math teacher. He is forty years old and lives together with his mother in a desolate block of...

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  • 1995
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    The Last Real Men

    The Last Real Men

    7.4 1995 HD

    Disappointed by failed relationships and the demands set by local women, more and more Austrians search for happiness in a marriage with women from...

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  • 1980
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    One Fourty

    One Fourty

    5.3 1980 HD

    The story of a 50-year-old dwarf who stopped growing at 1 meter 40 and plays the piano.

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  • 2012
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    Paradise: Love

    Paradise: Love

    6.834 2012 HD

    On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as "Sugar Mamas" —European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a...

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  • 2012
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    Paradise: Love

    Paradise: Love

    6.834 2012 HD

    On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as "Sugar Mamas" —European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a...

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  • 2012
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    Paradise: Love

    Paradise: Love

    6.834 2012 HD

    On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as "Sugar Mamas" —European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a...

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  • 2024
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    Veni Vidi Vici

    Veni Vidi Vici

    7 2024 HD

    The Maynards and their children lead an almost perfect billionaire family life. Amon is a passionate hunter, but doesn’t shoot animals, as the...

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  • 2002
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    State of the Nation

    State of the Nation

    6.3 2002 HD

    Four film-makers embark on a cinematic survey of Austria, documenting the political and social state of the nation and its people. An eye-opening...

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  • 2013
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    Paradise: Hope

    Paradise: Hope

    6.353 2013 HD

    Her mother in Kenya, 13-year-old Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp set in the Austrian countryside. Between workouts and...

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  • 1998
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    Fun Without Limits

    Fun Without Limits

    7.8 1998 HD

    An afternoon in the biggest fair of Germany.

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  • 2013
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    Paradise: Hope

    Paradise: Hope

    6.353 2013 HD

    Her mother in Kenya, 13-year-old Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp set in the Austrian countryside. Between workouts and...

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  • 2021
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    Luzifer

    Luzifer

    5.9 2021 HD

    Johannes, an innocent, Kaspar Hauser-like man with the heart of a child, lives secluded in an alpine hut together with his eagle and his devout...

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  • 2012
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    Paradise: Faith

    Paradise: Faith

    6.616 2012 HD

    For Anna Maria, paradise lies with Jesus, and she devotes her time to door-to-door missionary work. One day after years of absence, her husband, an...

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  • 2012
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    Paradise: Faith

    Paradise: Faith

    6.616 2012 HD

    For Anna Maria, paradise lies with Jesus, and she devotes her time to door-to-door missionary work. One day after years of absence, her husband, an...

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  • 1982
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    The Prom

    The Prom

    6 1982 HD

    Ulrich Seidl applies his characteristically gentle eye to the wonderful people of his hometown of Horn, documented making fools of themselves during...

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  • 1982
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    The Prom

    The Prom

    6 1982 HD

    Ulrich Seidl applies his characteristically gentle eye to the wonderful people of his hometown of Horn, documented making fools of themselves during...

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  • 1982
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    The Prom

    The Prom

    6 1982 HD

    Ulrich Seidl applies his characteristically gentle eye to the wonderful people of his hometown of Horn, documented making fools of themselves during...

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  • 2025
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    Moon

    Moon

    1 2025 HD

    Sarah, a former professional kickboxer from Vienna, accepts an offer to work as a personal trainer for a rich family in the Middle East. She finds...

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  • 1996
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    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    7.4 1996 HD

    What does modern art mean for ordinary visitors to an exhibition?

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  • 2014
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    In the Basement

    In the Basement

    6.2 2014 HD

    Filmmaker Ulrich Seidl explores of the dark underside of the human psyche by entering Austrian basements fitted out as private domains for secrets...

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    In the Basement

    In the Basement

    6.2 2014 HD

    Filmmaker Ulrich Seidl explores of the dark underside of the human psyche by entering Austrian basements fitted out as private domains for secrets...

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  • 2014
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    In the Basement

    In the Basement

    6.2 2014 HD

    Filmmaker Ulrich Seidl explores of the dark underside of the human psyche by entering Austrian basements fitted out as private domains for secrets...

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  • 2013
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    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    5.2 2013 HD

    Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

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  • 2022
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    Sparta

    Sparta

    7.1 2022 HD

    Ewald moved to Romania years ago. Now in his 40s, he seeks a fresh start. Leaving his girlfriend, he moves to the hinterland. With young boys from...

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  • 2022
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    Sparta

    Sparta

    7.1 2022 HD

    Ewald moved to Romania years ago. Now in his 40s, he seeks a fresh start. Leaving his girlfriend, he moves to the hinterland. With young boys from...

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  • 2014
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    Goodnight Mommy

    Goodnight Mommy

    6.69 2014 HD

    In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she...

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  • 2024
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    The Devil's Bath

    The Devil's Bath

    6.8 2024 HD

    In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long...

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    Sparta

    Sparta

    7.1 2022 HD

    Ewald moved to Romania years ago. Now in his 40s, he seeks a fresh start. Leaving his girlfriend, he moves to the hinterland. With young boys from...

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  • 2016
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    Safari

    Safari

    6.6 2016 HD

    Africa. In the wild expanses, where bush-bucks, impalas, zebras, gnus and other creatures graze by the thousands, they are on holiday. German and...

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  • 2016
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    Safari

    Safari

    6.6 2016 HD

    Africa. In the wild expanses, where bush-bucks, impalas, zebras, gnus and other creatures graze by the thousands, they are on holiday. German and...

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  • 2023
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    Wicked Games

    Wicked Games

    1 2023 HD

    In Rimini (2022) and Sparta (2022), Ulrich Seidl followed the lives of two brothers, Richie and Ewald, respectively. The former is a crooner long...

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  • 1999
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    Models

    Models

    6.2 1999 HD

    A revealing and devastating portrait of a trio of aspiring real-life Viennese models. Vivian will stop at nothing to be a magazine cover girl. Lisa...

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  • 2012
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    Kern

    Kern

    1 2012 HD

    Two directors shoot a documentary about the controversial director and pugnacious actor Peter Kern. But he cannot be easily rammed into the classical...

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  • 1980
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    One Fourty

    One Fourty

    5.3 1980 HD

    The story of a 50-year-old dwarf who stopped growing at 1 meter 40 and plays the piano.

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  • 1990
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    Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna

    Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna

    6.5 1990 HD

    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,...

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  • 1992
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    Loss Is to Be Expected

    Loss Is to Be Expected

    4.2 1992 HD

    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...

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  • 2022
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    Rimini

    Rimini

    6.7 2022 HD

    Richie Bravo, once upon a time a successful pop star, chases after his faded fame in wintry Rimini. Trapped between permanent intoxication and...

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  • 1984
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    Look 84

    Look 84

    1 1984 HD

    Unfinished early documentary by Ulrich Seidl about a foto shooting with Sonja Kirchberger and Peter Baumann at the Tunisian seaside.

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  • 2016
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    Safari

    Safari

    6.6 2016 HD

    Africa. In the wild expanses, where bush-bucks, impalas, zebras, gnus and other creatures graze by the thousands, they are on holiday. German and...

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    Rimini

    Rimini

    6.7 2022 HD

    Richie Bravo, once upon a time a successful pop star, chases after his faded fame in wintry Rimini. Trapped between permanent intoxication and...

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  • 2022
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    Rimini

    Rimini

    6.7 2022 HD

    Richie Bravo, once upon a time a successful pop star, chases after his faded fame in wintry Rimini. Trapped between permanent intoxication and...

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  • 2005
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    Jesus, You Know

    Jesus, You Know

    6.9 2005 HD

    Six Catholics share their thoughts and problems with Jesus in different churches. The camera accompanies them.

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  • 2023
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    Wicked Games

    Wicked Games

    1 2023 HD

    In Rimini (2022) and Sparta (2022), Ulrich Seidl followed the lives of two brothers, Richie and Ewald, respectively. The former is a crooner long...

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  • 1996
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    Animal Love

    Animal Love

    6.3 1996 HD

    In conurbations where hundreds of thousands live alongside one another, in the era of a highly technological society, in which communication has...

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  • 1997
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    The Bosom Friend

    The Bosom Friend

    6.6 1997 HD

    Main character of this movie is Rene Rupnik, a former math teacher. He is forty years old and lives together with his mother in a desolate block of...

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  • 2019
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    The Children of the Dead

    The Children of the Dead

    4.563 2019 HD

    Tourism is booming at the Pension Alpenrose. After a dying in an accident, Karin returns as one of the undead. In a cinema owned by a Nazi widow...

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  • 2006
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    The Mozart Minute

    The Mozart Minute

    5 2006 HD

    Twenty-eight well-known filmmakers living and working in Austria were invited by WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006, to produce associative miniatures on Mozart....

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  • 2019
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    Lillian

    Lillian

    6.2 2019 HD

    Lillian, stranded as an emigrant in New York, wants to walk back to her native Russia. Determined, she sets out on the long journey. A road movie...

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  • 2006
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    Brothers, Let Us Be Merry

    Brothers, Let Us Be Merry

    1 2006 HD

    Experimental short film from 2006.

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  • 1996
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    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    7.4 1996 HD

    What does modern art mean for ordinary visitors to an exhibition?

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  • 1998
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    Fun Without Limits

    Fun Without Limits

    7.8 1998 HD

    An afternoon in the biggest fair of Germany.

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  • 1989
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    War in Vienna

    War in Vienna

    1 1989 HD

    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,...

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  • 1992
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    Beware Haderer

    Beware Haderer

    1 1992 HD

    A staged TV portrait of the Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer; and first collaboration with Maria Hofstätter.

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  • 1988
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    Old People

    Old People

    1 1988 HD

    'Old People' deals with a subject which was to preoccupy filmmaker Ulrich Seidl over many years and across a number of films: it portrays old people...

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  • 2020
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    Running on Empty

    Running on Empty

    1 2020 HD

    Lisa Weber’s portrait of Claudia, who had a son when she was 15 and now lives together with him, her mother and her brother in Vienna, is an...

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  • 2014
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    Goodnight Mommy

    Goodnight Mommy

    6.69 2014 HD

    In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she...

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  • 1992
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    Beware Haderer

    Beware Haderer

    1 1992 HD

    A staged TV portrait of the Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer; and first collaboration with Maria Hofstätter.

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  • 1984
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    Look 84

    Look 84

    1 1984 HD

    Unfinished early documentary by Ulrich Seidl about a foto shooting with Sonja Kirchberger and Peter Baumann at the Tunisian seaside.

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  • 1989
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    War in Vienna

    War in Vienna

    1 1989 HD

    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,...

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  • 2007
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    Import/Export

    Import/Export

    7.01 2007 HD

    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. Both are...

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  • 2012
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    Paradise: Faith

    Paradise: Faith

    6.616 2012 HD

    For Anna Maria, paradise lies with Jesus, and she devotes her time to door-to-door missionary work. One day after years of absence, her husband, an...

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  • 1995
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    The Last Real Men

    The Last Real Men

    7.4 1995 HD

    Disappointed by failed relationships and the demands set by local women, more and more Austrians search for happiness in a marriage with women from...

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  • 2016
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    Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden

    Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden

    6.8 2016 HD

    Vienna, Austria, 1910. The young painter Egon Schiele is a rising artist, provocative and free, whose work, characterized by eroticism, shocks as...

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  • 1970
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    Distances

    Distances

    1 1970 HD

    Journalist Carl Schwert (55) has always been interested in disaster. He has travelled to dark tourism destinations, meeting people who spend their...

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  • 1970
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    Distances

    Distances

    1 1970 HD

    Journalist Carl Schwert (55) has always been interested in disaster. He has travelled to dark tourism destinations, meeting people who spend their...

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  • 2012
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    Square

    Square

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1995
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    Kulturzeit

    Kulturzeit

    3.5 1995 HD

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