Branko Samarovski

Peacock (2025)

Matthias is a master of pretense, from cultured boyfriend to perfect son or marital coach. He makes a career of being someone else. The real challenge begins when he has to be himself. ...

Andrea Gets a Divorce (2024)

Rural policewoman Andrea wants to end her marriage and become a detective inspector in the city. After a birthday party, her drunken soon-to-be ex-husband runs out in front of her car. In a state of shock, Andrea commits a hit-and-run. ...

Snotty Boy (2022)

1960's Siegheilkirchen, a small town in the Austrian hinterland is steeped in reactionary and ultra-Catholic attitudes. The son of a hard-working innkeeper and his wife, called Snotty Boy by all and sundry, is at odds with the narrow-minded confines of his ...

Steirerwut (2021)

The Graz chief investigator Sascha Bergmann and his colleague Eva Merz from the Spusi try to combine the official with the romantic, but unfortunately a routine case in the tranquil East Styrian hill country unexpectedly degenerates into work: What initial ...

Narcissus and Goldmund (2020)

In the dark middle ages, young unruly Goldmund is sent to a monastery by his father to atone for the sins of his mother, who abandoned them. There, he meets Narcissus, a brilliant, scholarly novice who is introverted and aloof. A unique and deep life-long ...

Heart Hunting (2019)

Caroline Binder has a nice home, a working marriage, and a chronically-ill heart. Heart specialist Paul Hoffmann promises his patient healing through a new surgical method and keeps his promise. But Caroline cannot do with her new life, because the rhythm ...

Nimm Du ihn (2019)

Siblings Mareike, Dietrich and Felicitas Reber can hardly believe their eyes when, after an absence of 50 years, their father Xaver, who was thought to have disappeared in Argentina, suddenly turns up on their doorstep - penniless, without a pension or hea ...

Sealed Lips (2018)

A German communist wrongly accused and sent to a labour camp has to keep her past life hidden for the sake of her and her family's freedom. ...

St. Josef am Berg - Stürmische Zeiten (2018)

Svea and Peter are now parents of a daughter. Svea was elected mayor of the neighboring community of Klamm and, as such, fights for the interests of the mountain farmers. With Munich-based conservation expert Martin Gollan and her assistant Igor, Svea deve ...

St. Josef am Berg - Berge auf Probe (2018)

Svea Classen and Peter Pirnegger are happily married in Stralsund. They are married in a civil ceremony, and now that Svea is pregnant, they plan to have a church wedding in Peter's hometown, the Alpine village of St. Josef. Peter's parents, Inge and Josep ...

The Dumpling Affair (2017)

After a provincial policeman gets falsely accused of a crime that was committed with his pocket knife, he begins a turbulent hunt for the real murderer. ...

Fog in August (2016)

A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives o ...

Das Konzert (2015)

Little Big Voice (2015)

In Austria 1955, the emotional story of a ten-year-old boy, Ben, who after the death of his mother tries to fulfill his dreams in post-war Europe, but faces many problems. ...

If You Knew How Beautiful It Is Here (2015)

The 16-year-old daughter of the highest dignitary in Hüttenberg is found murdered in the disused mine. For the first time, Muck has to deal with a case of this magnitude. ...

Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel (2014)

Bertha Kinsky works as a governess in the Suttner household and has an affair with Arthur Suttner, the son of the house, who is a few years younger than her. When the affair is discovered, she is forced to leave the house and gets a job with Alfred Nobel. ...

Die Frau aus dem Moor (2014)

Matthias and Nelly live in a village in the Bavarian Alpine foothills. The couple could not be more different. When Matthias discovers a bog body in the lake, everything changes. ...

Der böse Geist Lumpazivagabundus oder Das liederliche Kleeblatt (2013)

The evil spirit Lumpazivagabundus says of Fortuna, the goddess of fate: "My true followers don't care much for her. If luck comes their way once, they throw it out the window, and if it comes again, they trample it underfoot." Fortuna isn't about to take t ...

The Horse on the Balcony (2012)

The discovery of a horse on the balcony of a neighbour's apartment one winter's night completely transforms the life of 10-year-old Mika, who embarks on a series of crazy adventures to save the horse before it's too late. ...

Hannas Entscheidung (2012)

Hanna Forster is still waiting eagerly for the return of her husband Karl, who has been in Russian captivity for seven years. Hanna brought the family and joinery on her own through the war and post-war years. When Karl finally returns, Hanna is overjoyed, ...

Your Beauty Is Worth Nothing (2012)

The twelve-year old immigrant Veysel and his family have a hard time to become integrated into Austrian life. They have more and more inner family-oriented problems. Veysel's neighbour Cem teaches him how to pronounce a poem in German for school. At the ti ...

Coming of Age (2011)

Does luck have a use by date? Both thought that at eighty they have experienced everything until, like a bolt of lightening, Rosa and Bruno come together and immediately fall head over heels. There are two obstacles to their happiness though: Bruno's marri ...

Kottan ermittelt: Rien ne va plus (2010)

Vienna is shaken by a mysterious series of murders. Except for Major Adolf Kottan, who is suspended. Indefinitely. Kottan's ex-police colleagues, the stiff-legged Paul Schremser and the trigger-happy Alfred Schrammel, take over the investigation and are co ...

Böses Erwachen (2010)

The wealthy Birgit Amberg is married to Frederik and finances a car showroom for her husband. When Birgit discovers Frederik's relationship, she goes crazy and kills her husband. At the same time, Frederik's mistress involves her husband in a fatal acciden ...

Ein Schnitzel für drei (2009)

The unemployed salesman Wolfgang practices optimism, his friend Günther realism: The situation is shitty! But then zookeeper Günther finds a few hundred thousand Euros from his demented neighbor. The mates take the money but also the care for the old man ...

The White Ribbon (2009)

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI. ...

Die Heilerin 2 (2008)

After earlier hostility, Halfried Seelig is now widely recognized for what she does. Her daughter Marion is trying to put down roots again in her former home after separating from her husband Thomas. It is not made easy for her, especially not by her adole ...

North Face (2008)

North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger. ...

Die Entdeckung der Currywurst (2008)

Spring 1945: the Allies are outside Hamburg. In front of a movie theater, Lena Brücker meets Hermann Bremer, a marine assigned to the 'final battle on the home front'. After a night of love, Lena offers to hide the young man in her apartment during the la ...

Mr. Kuka's Advice (2008)

Young Waldek wants to earn some money abroad and asks his experienced neighbour, Mr Kuka, for advice. When he finally gets to Vienna, he can confront the reality with what he has been told about. ...

Familie ist was Wunderbares (2008)

Karo und der liebe Gott (2006)

On the day of Karo's first communion, her parents' marital problems come to light. The ensuing separation hits her hard. Karo complains to God about her desperate situation via walkie-talkie. A gruff voice answers, eventually identifying itself as God and ...

Oktoberfest (2005)

On the last day of the Munich Oktoberfest, the paths of different people cross: While Birgit questions her marriage to Max, single father Richard is caught in a conflict between his young lover and paternal responsibility - his son, whom he only sees very ...

Tote leben länger (2005)

Villa Henriette (2004)

Twelve-year-old Marie has a very special relationship with the house where she lives with her extended family. Marie secretly talks to it as if it were alive and interprets strange occurrences in the somewhat dilapidated building as 'human' reactions and b ...

Die Heilerin (2004)

For a long time, Halfried Seelig forced herself not to make use of her special gift for healing. When she does help a sick man one day, the news spreads quickly. Meanwhile, there is a crisis in the marriage of Halfried's daughter Marion. On her wedding day ...

Time of the Wolf (2003)

A middle-class family flees an unspecified disaster that has struck the city and takes refuge in their country home. They think this will allow them to escape the chaos, but they soon realize that getting away won't be so easy. ...

Die Rückkehr (2002)

Gebürtig (2002)

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 scoop tries to lure him back, Geburtig must decide whether to confront ...

Blumen für Polt (2001)

Gendarmerie inspector Simon Polt in the Weinviertel region finds it too much of a coincidence when crook Riebel is killed in a motorcycle accident and his friend Willi is found dead on the same day. But the residents of the otherwise peaceful Lower Austria ...

Der Zerrissene (2001)

Die Nichte und der Tod (1999)

Girls under investigation (1999)

Two young women are hitchhiking when they get picked up by a man who proceeds to sexually assault them. He disappears after that. The suspicion that the „girls" - having a reputation of being "loose" when it comes to sex - killed him, begins to grow. ...

Opera ball (1998)

The Vienna State Opera on Thursday before the Carnival. As every year the large ball rather is attended by celebrities from politics and the media. Just the arrival of newcomers is finished and the Polonaise faded as it is in the best tradition: "Alles Wal ...

Geliebte Gegner (1998)

A crime comedy directed by Peter Weck. The movie was followed by "Die Ehre der Strizzis" (2000). ...

Spurensuche (1997)

The Tourist (1995)

Inspector Lanz has finally found peace after the serial killer he was chasing for years was killed in a car chase in London. Lanz now has time to relax for a few days in Vienna with his wife Karen. There the nightmare begins again: the killer is alive an ...

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1995)

71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve. ...

Ant Street (1995)

Set within a Viennese apartment block, this affectionate Austrian comedy makes fun of the strange habits of the famed city's residents. The building is located in a middle-class area and has residents from many age groups and walks of life. Many of the ten ...

The Rebellion (1993)

The disabled ex-soldier Andreas Pum lost a leg for emperor and father land. After leaving the army he receives a license and a drehorgel. One day he gets into a controversy with a welldressed gentleman, disturbs the public order, and hits a policeman. Andr ...

Duett (1992)

Wildfeuer (1991)

Peaceful Days (1984)

In Friedliche Tage, we enter a totalitarian and inhuman society, in which daily life is a series of nightmares and the protagonists search for a utopia of freedom and love. ...

The Battle of Hermann (1984)

A film based on the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in the year 9 AD between the Romans and a coalition of Germanic tribes. ...

Ruhe sanft, Bruno (1983)

Der junge Mönch (1978)

Bavaria has become an arctic, hostile environment; at the site of the former state capital, a huge geyser is now gushing through the ice sheet. Miraculously, the home village where the young monk Herbert lives has been spared from the catastrophe. Now he p ...

Minetti (1977)