Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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1. Everyman (1961)
105 min | Drama
Death is sent by God to summon the wealthy bon vivant Jedermann. In his time of greatest need, he is abandoned by his lover, friends and wealth.
Director: Gottfried Reinhardt | Stars: Ewald Balser, Kurt Heintel, Heinrich Schweiger, Paula Wessely
Votes: 28
1961
2. Moos auf den Steinen (1968)
82 min | Drama
Hostile literary friends Petrik (young, idealistic, unsuccessful) and Mehlmann (enterprising, successful) spend a weekend at a crumbling baroque castle in the Marchfeld, illustrating very different ideas of a post-war Austria.
Director: Georg Lhotzky | Stars: Fritz Muliar, Erika Pluhar, Louis Ries, Johannes Schauer
Votes: 39
1969
3. Ich will leben (1976)
98 min | Drama, Family
Director: Jörg A. Eggers | Stars: Kathina Kaiser, Heinz Bennent, Sonja Sutter, Alwy Becker
1977
4. Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979)
90 min | Drama
In Vienna, in 1930, a young woman falls in love with a gambler and leaves her fiancé, a common butcher. They become a couple and have a baby, but he gets bored and leaves them. Without means to support herself, her downfall begins.
Director: Maximilian Schell | Stars: Birgit Doll, Hanno Pöschl, Helmut Qualtinger, Jane Tilden
Votes: 166
1979
5. Egon Schiele (1980 TV Movie)
Biography
Biographical TV movie about controversial Austrian artist Egon Schiele.
Director: John Goldschmidt | Stars: Felix Mitterer, Karoline Zeisler, Jeanette Hirschberger, Robert Dietl
Votes: 34
1980
6. Der Bockerer (1981)
104 min | Drama, History
A politically naïve Viennese butcher (Bockerer) manages to survive the unification of Germany and Austria and the Second World War.
Director: Franz Antel | Stars: Karl Merkatz, Alfred Böhm, Hans Holt, Marte Harell
Votes: 1,027
1981
7. Tramps (1983)
88 min | Drama
Friendship develops between an aging, former railroad worker living in an abandoned theater and Willie, the wayward, alcoholic architect he shelters (Elliot Gould).
Directors: Peter Patzak, Georg Madeja | Stars: Elliott Gould, Heinz Moog, Andrea Jonasson, Danny Hirsch
Votes: 35
1983
8. Dicht hinter der Tür (1984)
89 min | Drama
It is night, Molly wants to hear a story from Leo. He tells her that he lost his reflection in the mirror while shaving in the morning.
Director: Mansur Madavi | Stars: Nicola Filippelli, Kurt Kosutic, Irene Kugler, Erhard Pauer
1984
9. Malambo (1984)
93 min | Drama
Director: Milan Dor | Stars: Klaus Rohrmoser, Miodrag Andric, Nirit Sommerfeld, Dietrich Siegl
Votes: 11
1985
10. 38 (1986)
97 min | Drama
In 1938, Austria is about to become a part of the Third Reich. A theater actress and a Jewish journalist fall in love and spend time together, completely ignoring the political turmoil of the time despite friendly warnings.
Director: Wolfgang Glück | Stars: Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles, Heinz Trixner, Romuald Pekny
Votes: 190
1986 (Nominated)
11. Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna (1986)
127 min | Drama
In the conclusion of Axel Corti's trilogy - Freddy, a Viennese Jew who emigrated to New York after Hitler's invasion, and Adler, a left-wing intellectual originally from Berlin, return to Austria in 1944 as soldiers in the U. S. Army.
Director: Axel Corti | Stars: Gabriel Barylli, Nicolas Brieger, Claudia Messner, Karlheinz Hackl
Votes: 186
1987
12. Das weite Land (1987)
103 min | Drama
A promising young pianist commits suicide. He spent his last evening in the company of the industrialist Friedrich Hofreiter. His wife Genia is in possession of a farewell note.
Director: Luc Bondy | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Wolfgang Hübsch, Barbara Rebeschini
Votes: 39
1988
13. The Seventh Continent (1989)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel
Votes: 17,050
1989
14. Requiem for Dominic (1990)
R | 85 min | Drama
A drama between revolution and order, captured partly on film, partly on video adding to the gritty reality of the time, place and events as they unfolds in Eastern Europe as the "Iron Curtain" collapsed.
Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Felix Mitterer, Viktoria Schubert, August Schmölzer, Angelica Schütz
Votes: 94
1990
15. I Love Vienna (1991)
104 min | Comedy
Director: Houchang Allahyari | Stars: Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Dolores Schmidinger, Hanno Pöschl, Kouros Allahyari
Votes: 134
1991
16. Benny's Video (1992)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Ingrid Stassner
Votes: 18,673
1992
17. India (1993)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Heinzi Boesel and Kurt Fellner are two Austrian health inspectors forced to work together, traveling through Austria. Over time a beautiful friendship evolves between the odd couple who ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Harather | Stars: Josef Hader, Alfred Dorfer, Maria Hofstätter, Roger Murbach
Votes: 3,092
1993
18. Ich gelobe (1994)
115 min | Drama
In a small army base at the Eastern border of Austria a young recruit is trained to be a soldier to protect his country in case of war. He has to stay for 8 months and during this time he escapes in his own fantasy world...
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger | Stars: Christoph Dostal, Andreas Lust, Andreas Simma, Marcus J. Carney
Votes: 202
1994
19. Ant Street (1995)
87 min | Comedy
In the middle of Vienna stands an old tenement building, and time has left its mark both on the house and its inhabitants. Here, time passes at a strange pace. Floor by floor, the visitor ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Glawogger | Stars: Robert Meyer, Bibiane Zeller, Nikolaus Paryla, Monika Tajmar
Votes: 101
1995
20. Hannah (1996)
118 min | Thriller
The dynamic PR-agent HANNAH is starting up her dream-job in the Hochstedt Company producing toys and soon falls in love with her firm's junior executive director, Wolfgang. But while HANNAH... See full summary »
Director: Reinhard Schwabenitzky | Stars: Elfi Eschke, August Zirner, Jürgen Hentsch, Paul Herwig
Votes: 55
1996
21. The Unfish (1997)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Sophie "inherits" her uncle's preserved whale and finds out that whoever sleeps in the whale's belly with her will be granted one wish. That causes chaos and hatred in the village.
Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Maria Schrader, Eva Herzig, Andreas Lust, Georges Kern
Votes: 194
1997
22. The Inheritors (1998)
R | 95 min | Drama, Mystery
Austria, a little farming valley. Beginning of the century. When one of the farmers is found murdered one day, his labourers know of nothing, but are relieved, as the tyranny has ended. ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Simon Schwarz, Sophie Rois, Lars Rudolph, Tilo Prückner
Votes: 1,187 | Gross: $0.20M
1998
23. Nordrand (1999)
103 min | Drama
Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad, and Roman live near the northern border of Austria in 1995. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young migrants ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Albert | Stars: Nina Proll, Edita Malovcic, Astrit Alihajdaraj, Tudor Chirila
Votes: 604
1999
24. Die Fremde (2000)
102 min | Crime, Drama
The seedy underbelly of Vienna at night. Mercedes is a femme fatale from Mexico, newly arrived at the Vienna airport with her German boyfriend Rainer, where they have smuggled a kilo of ... See full summary »
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Goya Toledo, Hary Prinz, Martin Feifel, Nina Proll
Votes: 83
2000
25. The Piano Teacher (2001)
R | 131 min | Drama, Music
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar
Votes: 71,867 | Gross: $1.90M
2001
26. Gebürtig (2002)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A holocaust survivor now living as a respected writer in Manhattan is the only person who can identify a suspected Nazi back in his native Austria. When a beautiful reporter eager for a ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Schindel, Lukas Stepanik | Stars: Peter Simonischek, Ruth Rieser, August Zirner, Katja Weitzenböck
Votes: 233
2002
27. Böse Zellen (2003)
120 min | Drama, Romance
A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Albert | Stars: Kathrin Resetarits, Ursula Strauss, Georg Friedrich, Marion Mitterhammer
Votes: 560 | Gross: $0.00M
2003
28. Antares (2004)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories revolve around the love lives of an adulterous woman, a checkout girl and a single mother.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Petra Morzé, Andreas Patton, Hary Prinz, Susanne Wuest
Votes: 3,537
2004
29. Caché (2005)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot
Votes: 85,269 | Gross: $3.63M
2005 (Disqualified)
30. Spiele Leben (2005)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
A compulsive gambler is forced to take a chance with his own life.
Director: Antonin Svoboda | Stars: Georg Friedrich, Birgit Minichmayr, Gerti Drassl, Andreas Patton
Votes: 228
2006
31. The Counterfeiters (2007)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach
Votes: 47,186 | Gross: $5.48M
2007 (Won)
32. Revanche (2008)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Director: Götz Spielmann | Stars: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss
Votes: 15,964
2008 (Nominated)
33. Ein Augenblick Freiheit (2008)
110 min | Drama
Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas.
Director: Arash T. Riahi | Stars: Navid Navid, Pourya Mahyari, Elika Bozorgi, Sina Saba
Votes: 682
2009
34. Little Girl (2009)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A circus woman and her husband find a two year old girl in the trailer park where they are living. With the help of another child, they search for her mother.
Directors: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel | Stars: Patrizia Gerardi, Tairo Caroli, Walter Saabel, Asia Crippa
Votes: 741 | Gross: $0.00M
2010
35. Breathing (2011)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
Director: Karl Markovics | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich, Gerhard Liebmann
Votes: 3,024 | Gross: $0.00M
2011
36. Amour (2012)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama
Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud
Votes: 105,727 | Gross: $6.74M
2012 (Won)
37. The Wall (2012)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A woman finds herself inexplicably cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the landscape.
Director: Julian Pölsler | Stars: Martina Gedeck, Luchs von Kyffhäuserbach, Karlheinz Hackl, Ulrike Beimpold
Votes: 7,153 | Gross: $0.04M
2013
38. The Dark Valley (2014)
Not Rated | 115 min | Action, Drama, Western
Through a hidden path, a lone rider reaches a little town high up in the Alps. Nobody knows where the stranger comes from, nor what he wants there. But everyone knows that they don't want him to stay.
Director: Andreas Prochaska | Stars: Sam Riley, Tobias Moretti, Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert
Votes: 14,312
2014
39. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher
Votes: 59,809 | Gross: $1.17M
2015
40. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" toward the events in war torn Europe, and his search for a new home.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Tómas Lemarquis, Aenne Schwarz, Valerie Pachner
Votes: 2,660 | Gross: $0.08M
2016
41. Happy End (2017)
R | 107 min | Drama
A well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin
Votes: 16,943 | Gross: $0.30M
2017
42. The Waldheim Waltz (2018)
93 min | Documentary, History
A biographical drama film about Kurt Josef Waldheim, former UN Secretary General and the controversy of his participation and role in the Nazi regime during WW II .
Director: Ruth Beckermann | Stars: Kurt Waldheim, Ruth Beckermann, Yasser Arafat, Hubertus Czernin
Votes: 533
2018
43. Joy (V) (2018)
TV-MA | 99 min | Drama
Joy, a young Nigerian woman caught in the vicious cycle of sex trafficking, is instructed by her exploiter Madame to supervise Precious, a teenage girl who is not ready to accept her fate.
Director: Sudabeh Mortezai | Stars: Joy Alphonsus, Mariam Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme, Gift Igweh
Votes: 1,440
2019 (Disqualified)
44. What We Wanted (2020)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama
A couple facing fertility issues finds their marriage tested on a vacation to a Sardinian resort - and the family next door only adds to the tension.
Director: Ulrike Kofler | Stars: Lavinia Wilson, Elyas M'Barek, Anna Unterberger, Lukas Spisser
Votes: 2,033
2020
45. Great Freedom (2021)
Unrated | 116 min | Drama
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Over the decades, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor.
Director: Sebastian Meise | Stars: Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn
Votes: 7,357
2021 (Shortlisted)
46. Corsage (2022)
114 min | Biography, Drama, History
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth Of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
Director: Marie Kreutzer | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner
Votes: 9,705
2022 (Shortlisted)
47. Vera (I) (2022)
115 min | Drama
Vera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships, she drifts through Roman high society. When she injures a child in a traffic accident in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel | Stars: Vera Gemma, Daniel De Palma, Sebastian Dascalu, Annamaria Ciancamerla
Votes: 378
2023
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