The Austrian Film Week program will showcase a selection of films presenting a great opportunity to celebrate and to get acquainted with the creative and thought-provoking Austrian cinema.
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The Austrian Film Week program will showcase a selection of films presenting a great opportunity to celebrate and to get acquainted with the creative and thought-provoking Austrian cinema.
Vienna, 1945. The powder keg of war and the Russian occupation as seen through the innocent eyes of 9-year-old Christine. Bombed out and penniless, her family is put up in a fancy villa in the outskirts of Vienna. After the German soldiers surrender, the Russians take over the house.
Franz Murer, a well-respected local politician is accused of having committed war crimes in the Vilnius ghetto. The survivors leave little doubt as to Murer’s guilt. The Ministry of Justice eventually reaches a decision. The result is one of the greatest scandals of the Austrian justice system.
Ruth Beckermann documents the process of uncovering former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past. Created from international archive material and what Beckermann shot at the time, the film analyses the collapse of the Austrian grand illusion: being the first victim of the Nazis.
One year before her death, actress Romy Schneider retreats to a spa and is visited by her close friend Hilde. When two journalists arrive, Hilde tries to shield her friend. For three days, their interaction becomes an emotional roller coaster that leaves Romy more vulnerable than ever.
When Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his wife Johanna. He decides to retaliate against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller coaster with an old friend.