Fritz Muliar

Schau'n Sie sich das an! 1965-1971 (2008)

Vienna no longer has anyone like him: Karl Farkas. "Look at that!" was the leitmotif of his life. He was the only one of the postwar generation who could demonstrate how cabaret had been performed during the interwar period: primarily with Jewish wit, humo ...

Der Bauer als Millionär (2004)

MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener (2003)

The film deals with questions that have long tormented us: Who was the first civil servant? How has the civil service developed over the course of history? What did Mr. Weber, Engineer Breitfuß, Ms. Knackal, and Mr. Claus do before MA 2412 existed? How di ...

Ein Schutzengel auf Reisen (1997)

The manufacturer Xaver Frey is forced into bankruptcy by his bank and decides to commit suicide in a sleeping car from Vienna to Venice. There he encounters the sleeping car attendant Horak, who is about to retire and who uses every legal and illegal means ...

Qualtingers Wien (1997)

Using original texts from Qualtinger, the two authors develop a pandemonium of 'Viennese cordiality'. Set in a municipal building, in the Prater and the surrounding streets, sausage stands, etc., characters and unerring punchlines result in an enjoyable Vi ...

Vermischte Gefühle (1995)

Mother's Day (1994)

48 hours in the life of the Neugebauer family. The May weekend with a small family celebration, which was planned as peaceful and contemplative, turns out to be a kind of Rocky Horror Picture Show in Vienna's municipal housing estate. Just like the other r ...

Sibirien (1991)

Die Kaffeehaus-Clique (1990)

Die Lacher Macher (1988)

TV-Movie directed by Franz Antel. ...

Sterben werd' ich, um zu leben - Gustav Mahler (1987)

Director Wolfgang Lesowsky's captivating biopic of the Gustav Mahler stars Reinhard Hauser as the passionate conductor-composer whose drive for greatness and love of music were rivaled only by his insatiable desire for beautiful women. Through biographical ...

Der Mörder (1984)

Der Zerrissene (1984)

In the garden pavilion of the Lord, from Lips finds a Feast with great company instead. ...

God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore (1982)

After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to Prague, where he joins forces with another expatriate and a sympathetic Czech relief worker. Together with other Jewish refugees, the three make their way t ...

Der Gute (1980)

Moral (1979)

Beiß die Zähne zusammen (1979)

The Night Miracle (1979)

Love-Hotel in Tirol (1978)

Having inherited a hotel, two brothers have very different ideas as to how to re-float it as a profitable venture. The one wants to turn it into a love hotel with pretty girls from Thailand so that the customers will be able to save themselves the fare to ...

Die Tante Jolesch oder Der Untergang des Abendlandes (1978)

Episodic film based on the book by and starring Friedrich Torberg. ...

Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam (1977)

Liebesgeschichten und Heiratssachen (1977)

The driving force behind the action is the scheming impostor Nebel, who fleeces the nouveau riche, especially Florian von Fett, formerly a master butcher, now a "partikulier" (private entrepreneur). Fett does not feel at home in the modern society to which ...

Sonntagsgeschichten (1976)

The film explores intimate, often quiet stories, focusing on the interactions and relationships of its characters in a typical Sunday afternoon style. ...

Abschied vom Ronacher (1976)

Es war die Lerche (1976)

Die beiden Nachtwandler oder Das Notwendige und das Überflüssige (1973)

Diamantenparty (1973)

Every year, rich people and celebrities gather for the race week in Baden-Baden - and with them the most valuable jewelry and the finest diamonds. This comes in handy for philanderer Konni. His extravagant wife Franziska has a lover and wants to divorce hi ...

Abenteuer eines Sommers (1973)

Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle (1972)

Wiener Blut (1972)

An operetta with music by Johann Strauss II. However, he did not see the premiere. Wiener Blut is set at the time of the Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815, an international conference that sought to settle Europe after the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars, and ...

Der Tod des Ministers (1972)

Der fidele Bauer (1971)

Auf der grünen Wiese (1971)

Mein Vater, der Affe und ich (1971)

On his way to Vienna, veterinarian Klaus Wolf meets Biggi, a hitchhiker. Klaus is supposed to examine rhinos in Vienna, but with a monkey addicted to alcohol and other animal problems, Klaus has enough on his plate. He finds it rather inappropriate that he ...

Die vertagte Nacht (1970)

Der Feldherrnhügel (1970)

The Hostess Exceeds All Bounds (1970)

Susanne, the pretty landlady from the Lahn River, has an equally attractive sister in Hungary named Ilona. Ilona is in dire straits: Her uncle is desperate to match her with a French nobleman. Meanwhile, a sexual emergency has broken out among the Swabians ...

Das Geld liegt auf der Bank (1970)

Hier bin ich, mein Vater (1970)

Der Weyland Casperl (1970)

Die liebestollen Dirndl von Tirol (1969)

Inge Thal works as a tax expert in Munich. One day, the pretty, young woman inherits a run-down farm in Tyrol and decides to move there. ...

Der Gürtel des Namajo (1969)

Bei Tag und bei Nacht (1969)

The Viking Who Became a Bigamist (1969)

The Italian Vittorio Coppa works as a sleeper car commuter and commutes regularly between Munich and Rome. Because he believes that true love exists only in connection with marriage, he is secretly married twice. ...

Der keusche Lebemann (1968)

Moss on the Stones (1968)

Engaged to the daughter of an aging baron, an ambitious advertising executive wishes to renovate the baron's crumbling castle into a holiday getaway for the social elite. In his zeal to seal the deal, he manages to alienate his friends, lose his fiancee, a ...

Das Veilchen (1967)

Wiener Schnitzel (1967)

Der Gürtel (1967)

Astoria (1967)

Die Fiakermilli (1967)

Das Bohrloch oder Bayern ist nicht Texas (1966)

Die Gigerln von Wien (1965)

Leinen aus Irland (1965)

3. November 1918 (1965)

On November 3, 1918, a group of Austro-Hungarian officers in a makeshift hospital of the Austro-Hungarian Army, somewhere in the Karawanks, is completely cut off from the outside world by persistent snowstorms. A machinist's mate manages to reach the trapp ...

An der schönen blauen Donau (1965)

Gute Geschäfte (1965)

Heirate mich, Cherie (1964)

I Learned It from Father (1964)

Clemens Andermann, once a celebrated stage and film star, now an equally successful industrialist, is firmly convinced that his son Andreas is studying chemistry in the idyllic university town of Freylangen. But he is completely mistaken. In reality, his o ...

Häuptling Abendwind oder Das greuliche Festmahl (1964)

Biedermann und die Brandstifter (1963)

Max Frisch's famous parable about the cowardice of opportunists: Mr. Biedermann brings two arsonists into his home and pretends that they are his best friends. ...

Der Bockerer (1963)

Karl Bockerer is a Viennese original. He survives the 'great times' – to his own dismay his birthday is on the same day as the one of the "Führer" – by pretending to be more stupid than he really is, and uncovers, over and over again, the hypocrisy an ...

Vor Jungfrauen wird gewarnt (1962)

Professor Bernhardi (1962)

Protektionskind (1962)

The Sweet Life of Count Bobby (1962)

Graf Bobby and Baron Mucki founded the detective bureau Pfiff and Greif to finally make money. Shortly before the bankruptcy of their company, they receive a lucrative order from Benevenuto Socrates Socre regarding a gang of girl traders. ...

Autofahrer unterwegs (1962)

A film about the radio show of the same name, which was popular in Austria at the time: gas station cashier Renate dreams of a career as a caberet singer. ...

Nachsaison (1961)

… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier (1961)

Instead of attending seminars and lectures at the University of World Trade, Peter Baumann prefers to work exclusively in the student orchestra. With his friends Hans, Tommy, Udo, Gus and Max, he tries so far in vain to get a recording contract or at least ...

Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby (1961)

Count Bobby assumes the identity and dresses of his sick aunt because they desperately need the money for chaperoning Mary, a wealthy American heiress, on her trip through Europe. Bobby falls in love with Mary, but his dress is a handicap. ...

Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon (1961)

Hermann König, owner of an ice palace, wants to make his niece Inge a star. Inge, on the other hand, has a completely different dream - the theater stage. The talented girl then falls head over heels in love with ice hockey player Hans Haller, who also ha ...

The Magnificent Rogue (1960)

A slightly ironic comedy about the rise of a celebrated factory owner who began his swindles while a prisoner of war and ends up as a cheated fraudster. ...

Der brave Soldat Schwejk (1960)

When the First World War breaks out in 1914, Josef Schwejk, a naive dog dealer in Prague, joins the Imperial Army. ...

Kriminaltango (1960)

Peter, a young, bankrupt homeowner, wants to sell his house and move in with his aunt Agathe in the countryside. In the meantime, his friend Albert and his niece Inge are supposed to guard the house. When he learns that the three crooks Boxer-Franz, Tasche ...

Ich heiße Robert Guiscard (1960)

Ich heirate Herrn Direktor (1960)

Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond (1959)

Skandal um Dodo (1959)

Einmal noch die Heimat seh’n (1958)

Because the young hunter Michael has carelessly fallen for the head forester's daughter, he incurs the wrath of his colleague Bertl. This not only earns him a beating, but also a charge for a crime he did not commit. Fortunately, he manages to flee to Afri ...

Embezzled Heaven (1958)

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein (1958)

Heiratskandidaten (1958)

Vienna, City of My Dreams (1957)

In the made-up country of Alanien, King Alexander I has been overthrown while abroad. Now, he's in Vienna with his daughter, the city of his fondest memories since studying there as a boy. It doesn't take long for the charm of Vienna to work its magic on t ...

Der Wilderer vom Silberwald (1957)

Pachegg comes to Eglau in the Alps as the new forester. A poacher begins to wreak havoc there. Pachegg also gets into trouble with the attractive widow of a sawmiller who is having the leased forest cut down. Pachegg is more attracted to the pretty Ulli, d ...

Dort in der Wachau (1957)

The captain Paul Heider enjoys the reputation of a Danube Casanova. ...

Ober zahlen (1957)

Vienna, 1957: Head waiters Gustav (Paul Hörbiger) and Franz (Hans Moser) are working for the stinted Cafétier Panigl and are close friiends despite of their different characters. Franz is happily married and a good family father, Gustav, a relaxed charme ...

Lachendes Wien (1957)

Försterliesel (1956)

Lumpazivagabundus (1956)

The fairy Fortuna and the ghost Lumpazivagabundus argue about whether money determines whether people act for good or for evil. So they make a bet – and shortly thereafter, the three less-than-virtuous journeymen Knieriem, Zwirn, and Leim are able to cel ...

Symphonie in Gold (1956)

Revue film on ice. An excellent figure skater did not qualify for the European Championships, but as a participant in show programs he became known as "Mr. X." Funds from an unknown benefactor began to arrive at the small club in the town where he trained. ...

Sissi (1955)

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love. ...

Der Komödiant von Wien (1954)

With a certain degree of audacity, Girardi from Graz manages to gain a foothold at the Strampfertheater, a well-attended traditional theater in Vienna. However, his engagement as a new comedian leads to fierce competition with the theater's established sta ...

Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen (1953)

Franz Schubert toils by day as his father's clerk while secretly composing in Beethoven's shadow, gaining little recognition until friends persuade publisher Diabelli to host a public performance where he meets and falls for soprano Therese Grob. Abandonin ...

Die Regimentstochter (1953)

A Tyrolean rifle regiment adopt a young baby girl they have rescued and she becomes the "Daughter of the Regiment". In 1811, as a full-grown woman she falls in love with one of the new recruits while the regiment battles French forces during the Napoleonic ...

Seesterne (1952)

Athletes secretly rehearse a water show in the pool at night to prevent the pool from being demolished and to get more people interested in swimming. ...

Verlorene Melodie (1952)

Gangsterpremiere (1951)

The Merry Farmer (1951)

Matthias Scheichelroither is a poor but always cheerful, or rather, jolly farmer. He has grand plans for his son Heini, nicknamed "Heinerle": He intends for him to one day become a trained academic, a doctor. To achieve this, the old man scrims and saves t ...

Der Teufel führt Regie (1951)

Child of the Danube (1950)

Marika is a cheerful girl who lives on the Danube aboard an old barge she inherited from her father. She works as a waitress in her aunt's inn, entertaining the guests with singing and dancing. Her greatest dream is to save enough money to repair the old b ...

Herz ohne Heimat (1940)

Music student Verena finds herself torn between two stepbrothers: the carefree Alexander, with whom she is pregnant, and the serious Clemens, who, continuing his father's work, is developing a new drug. Alexander has fallen into deep debt through a dubious ...