Karl Fischer

Mermaids Don't Cry (2023)

Annika dreams of having a synthetic mermaid fin -- expensive fun for the supermarket cashier who longs for distraction from the worries of her everyday life. ...

In Between Home (2023)

In her efforts to obtain accommodation and thus a residence permit in Austria, Marinela, an overburdened single Romanian mother, relies on her daughter Ilinca as a mediator and translator. The 8-year-old, however, has other plans. ...

Cornetto im Gras (2023)

In his exhilarating tragicomedy, David Lapuch blends apparently disparate elements: mundane matters with meaningful ones, existentialism with comedy—and a rather unappetizing muffin with beer. Richard, a young man who leads a fairly ordinary village life ...

Eismayer (2022)

Vice Lieutenant Eismayer is the most feared trainer and model macho in the Austrian Military and lives as a gay man in secret. When he falls in love with a young, openly gay soldier, his world gets turned upside down. ...

Sachertorte (2022)

Karl meets Nini at a Berlin train station: it is love at first sight. But the few hours they spend together before she travels back to Vienna end in a mishap in which Karl loses her phone number. He decides to move to the Austrian capital to find his dream ...

To Shores Unknown (2022)

During a joint operation by Czech and Austrian police officers against an illegal rave party in the border forest, young Austrian policewoman Johanna tragically dies and a Czech drug dealer named Sicilian disappears mysteriously. A rookie cop refuses to le ...

Rückkehr nach Rimini (2022)

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 ...

Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume (2020)

Another case for Inspector Richie Haller, in which the deadly mixture of cocaine with a pinch of cyanide salt and a faker operation, which is used by drug couriers for distribution, plays a role. ...

Fox in a Hole (2020)

When Fuchs starts his new job as a teacher in a prison school, replacing the old and unconventional teacher Berger against her will, he is forced to confront his biggest fear, triggered by the mysterious, withdrawn inmate Samira. ...

Der Fall der Gerti B. (2019)

Three friends from Floridsdorf – separated by 40 years and with lives that couldn't be more different – ​​meet on an evening that will change their future destinies forever. ...

Der vierte Mann (2019)

A kidnapped musician and his missing violin are the prelude to a series of murders whose victims were deeply involved in business connections between the GDR and Austria. The investigators of SOKO Vienna and Leipzig are working together. ...

Guerilla (2019)

In 1849, the liberation war against the Habsburg Empire is close to its end in Hungary. Having hidden from military draft, Barnabás leaves his hometown and walks across the country to find and save his wounded brother who has been hiding with a guerilla g ...

A Fortunate Man (2018)

A gifted engineer flees his austere roots to pursue wealth and success among Copenhagen's elite. As he rises through the ranks of society, the pride propelling him threatens to be his ruin. ...

Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018)

Franz Murer, the Butcher of Vilnius, a former Austrian SS officer, established, organized, and ruled the Vilnius ghetto in Lithuania during the World War II. Different survivors of the Shoah testify when he is judged in 1963, hoping to do justice, but, alt ...

Getting Rid of Mum (2016)

Impoverished former soprano Anneliese Behrens is forced to leave her house and collapses in an underground passage, when looking for a place to sleep. In the hospital, she learns that she suffers from a brain tumor and needs 24-hour attention. Although the ...

Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies (2016)

Steve, a young professional snowboarder, ruins a high-paying photo shoot by playing a silly prank. He, his girlfriend Branka and fellow snowboarder Joschi are left behind on the mountain. They seek shelter in an après-ski tavern that is hosting an all-nig ...

Pokerface - Grandman Takes Them All (2016)

Rosa Hofer accidentally discovered that her son-in-law Udo is highly indebted . She follows and observes him secretly and finds out that he is trying to make some money in illegal poker games in a more than dubious cafe. To avoid the worst and save the fam ...

Carry On (2015)

An old married couple lives on an isolated farm. For his daily work the farmer has an old donkey to help him. When the pragmatic farmer learns that the death of his longtime companion is near,he notices that he loves the animal more than he can admit. ...

Das Dorf des Schweigens (2015)

Eva hasn't seen her older sister Lydia for many years. Now, shortly before Eva's wedding, Lydia returns to her hometown - and accuses Eva's groom of sexually assaulting her when she was 14. ...

Therapy for a Vampire (2014)

Horror comedy film following vampire count Geza von Kösznöm who's visiting groundbreaking neurologist Sigund Freud because he's bored of his life and frustrated of the "eternally long" relationship with his wife Elsa. ...

The Lies of the Victors (2014)

Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he loses a hot story about the German army, the editor saddles him with a young female intern. Fabian hates tea ...

Where I Belong (2014)

Rosemarie is a hard-working young woman living in a small English town in the 1950's. She left Austria with her father during the war to escape the Nazi oppression and since then, despite poverty and loneliness, she has always kept the faith that better da ...

The Woman with One Shoe (2014)

Blond, half-long hair floats in a seepage pond. A well-to-do lady calls the police, and departmental inspector Franzi fishes out a scalp. ...

Taking It Back (2013)

Most of the time, Patrick Angerer enjoys a pretty laid back view of life. So he's not especially impressed by the protest action his workmates are taking against the strict wage targets set by the new management of Falkendorf steel plant. But things sudden ...

Alles Schwindel (2013)

The catastrophe is perfect: Gustav Klimt's world-famous "kiss" was stolen from the museum. What is a problem for some is a salvation for others. For the impoverished Count Leopold, the loss of the picture is an advantage, because now he can earn the sum in ...

Inseln vor dem Wind (2012)

Dr. Claudia Harding is a scientist at the Maritime Institute in Hamburg and, after years of research, has found the site of a sunken ship containing a precious emerald. She travels to Grenada and meets the charismatic skipper Richard "Rick" Bertold. Althou ...

Ludwig II (2012)

A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music. From his ingenuous political ...

My Big Fat Balkan Wedding (2012)

Lisa has accepted the marriage proposal from her Croatian boyfriend Hrvoje and is in seventh heaven. However, the walk down the aisle presents the couple with an unexpected problem. Hrvoje's strict Catholic mother, who insists on a traditional wedding, and ...

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, ...

Der Eisenhans (2011)

German TV adaptation of Grimm's fairy tale "Iron John". ...

Kebab mit Alles (2011)

Johann Stanzerl sees himself surrounded. All other business premises in his Viennese district are already in Turkish hands. Only his beloved café "Prinz Eugen", named after the famous general who prevented the Turks from taking Vienna, is still resisting ...

My Best Enemy (2011)

Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. The two appear to be strangely familiar with each other and the extent of their extraordinary ...

3nity (2010)

Hage, the Holy Spirit, is writing a musical, when Jesus returns to earth at Christmas to prepare the apocalypse. To prevent this, Hage tries to convince him that mankind is worth saving with the help of a beautiful striptease dancer. ...

Carlos (2010)

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police. ...

Die Hebamme - Auf Leben und Tod (2010)

The heroine is a traveler between worlds and times. Between the authorities of 1813, the church and science, Rosa Koelbl remains a stranger. The time is not yet ripe for the values ​​this woman embodies. ...

Mahler on the Couch (2010)

Alma Mahler's affair with the young architect Walter Gropius sets in motion a marital drama that forces her husband Gustav Mahler to seek advice from Sigmund Freud. ...

Not My Daughter (2010)

The fall is so rapid that it seems like a bad dream. Just a moment ago, 16-year-old Nadja was a carefree, cheerful young girl, but shortly afterwards the horror follows: the older boy she falls in love with is a junkie who also drags Nadja into misery. Her ...

Paradeisiana (2010)

Daniel commits his entire spare time to the search for aliens. For years he has been trying to contact aliens - without success until today. Also his latest experiment seems to fail - but surprisingly something strange happens. ...

Detektiv wider Willen (2009)

After a stroke of fate, star lawyer Mark Degen completely turns his life around. The workaholic, who only took on lucrative cases, becomes a courageous lawyer with social commitment. When his daughter, public prosecutor Ricarda, loses her first case agains ...

Kleine Fische (2009)

When the owner of a fish store dies unexpectedly, a dispute breaks out over his inheritance. The youngest son continues to run the unprofitable store, while the second son and his mother want to sell it and invest the money in their multimedia business in ...

Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga (2008)

It's 30 years later and the Sackbauers have estranged themselves from everyone; only mother "Toni" tries to re-establish the old happy family. ...

Der erste Tag (2008)

The movie is about a nuclear desaster in the Czech nuclear power station Dukovany. ...

Mutig in die neuen Zeiten - Alles anders (2008)

1974, the year of the oil crisis and car-free day. Things are going haywire for the Redlich and Berkovitz families. Elfi Redlich finds her supposed great love in Ireland. Daughter Moni invests her 15,000 Schilling marriage premium in her first apartment. S ...

Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Nur keine Wellen (2006)

October 1960. Nineteen-year-old Charlie tries his luck as a rock 'n' roll musician on the Reeperbahn. His mother Elfi has her hands full with her sick mother, her unstable husband Viktor, daughter Moni, who finally wants to stand on her own two feet, and h ...

Dead in 3 Days (2006)

When Nina and her high school friends receive eerie text messages declaring that they will all die within three days, they dismiss it as a hokey prank - until one by one, the pals start turning up dead in the alpine countryside. With the cops stymied, Nina ...

Klimt (2006)

A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century. ...

Mutig in die neuen Zeiten - Im Reich der Reblaus (2005)

Austria in the mid-1950s. Seamstress Elfi Redlich and her two children are about to emigrate to America with occupation officer Hal when her husband, missing for eleven years, returns home from Siberia. Factory owner Ulmendorff is deported to Russia on his ...

Silentium (2004)

A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself. ...

Free Radicals (2003)

Following the death of Manu (Resetarits) in a car accident, the film relates the interwoven stories of several people who become indirectly connected by the events and aftermath of the crash. ...

Taxi für eine Leiche (2002)

A movie theater in the suburbs of Vienna. At the end of the show, a corpse is suddenly sitting in the auditorium. The mysterious tie murderer has struck again. Together with her friend Schorsch - the head waiter of the "Nachtigall" - the cinema owner Hermi ...

Kollaps (2002)

Aktion C+M+B (2000)

Gloomy Sunday (1999)

Budapest in the 1930s. Restaurant owner Laszlo hires pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then fea ...

Silent Shadow (1991)

Linda is a headstrong woman. She marries and lives with her husband Paul in the Ruhr area. But 12 years of marriage do not make Linda happy. She dreams of seeing the sea and is constantly in search of fulfillment. Her husband doesn't understand her. Instea ...

Verfolgte Wege (1989)

Post-war Germany in 1946 while people are struggling to make ends meet, the film follows Hermann, a war veteran who finds employment at a train station. As he falls in love with an agricultural worker and starts comitting thefts, his fragile psyche seems t ...

Das Dorf an der Grenze (1979)