Margarethe Tiesel

Four Minus Three (2026)

Barbara and her partner Heli are professional clowns, living out their dream of an alternative, joy filled life with their two children, laughing at what doesn't work out. But when a tragic car accident takes Heli and the children, Barbara is left alone. I ...

Der Schimmelreiter (2026)

North Friesland today: After the death of his father-in-law, Hauke Haien takes on two important roles in coastal protection - dyke count and director of coastal protection. Professionally, Hauke is the best man for the job; he is a visionary who lives and ...

80 Plus (2024)

Helene (86) and Toni (70) are completely different. One is planned and well-timed, the other impulsive and spontaneous. As an unlikely team, they embark on a journey to Switzerland for euthanasia. But their road trip through the mountains turns out differe ...

Rock ‘n’ Roll Ringo (2024)

A scaffolding builder loses his job and starts as a temporary worker at the funfair. There he is seduced by a showman into making a career as a fairground boxer - and hopes to fulfill a long-awaited dream for his daughter. ...

Zwei gegen die Bank (2024)

The Viennese cab driver Maggy has all kinds of problems, not least monetary ones. But suddenly Maggy's financial problems could solve all by themselves when Juliette Koons, who has been reported missing, gets into her cab with a heavy suitcase. ...

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. ...

The Heartbreak Agency (2024)

When a skeptical journalist reluctantly participates in heartbreak therapy for an article, he ends up opening his heart to his charming therapist. ...

Schlamassel (2023)

Germany, late 90s: Johanna is an intern at a local newspaper and is struggling with the death of her grandmother. In addition to her grief, she is burdened by conflict with her family after she angrily confronts her uncle, who is only interested in his inh ...

Die Vermieterin (2023)

Precariat meets high snobiety: With no-budget charm and wit, sophisticated characters, pointed dialogues, satirical social commentary and bitter plot twists, Sebastian Brauneis tells the story of a tenancy relationship in which law does not always mean jus ...

First Snow of Summer (2023)

Alexander grows up in a small house with his loving grandmother. In order to avoid his father's fate, on his tenth birthday, he promises her that he will never fall in love. Every Sunday, Alexander visits his father, who has retreated to live in the Vienna ...

Greece or Chicken on the Run (2023)

Johannes has a comfortable life and stands to inherit the family-run hotel. Unfortunately, however, he is an inveterate people-pleaser and avoids conflict at any cost. His father's last will and testament sparks a tragi-comic journey to sunny Greece – an ...

Schrille Nacht (2022)

On December 24, in the middle of the supposedly quietest time of the year, anything is possible! And this is exactly what the episodic film "Schrille Nacht" tells in seven short stories. ...

Serviam – I Will Serve (2022)

An all-girl Catholic boarding school near Vienna for the wealthy Austrian elite and their children. The school is thriving, but faith is declining and the upper floors are de­ser­ted. The head of the institution, a young energetic nun, fights with ardor ...

The Guardian Angel (2022)

When a body is found floating inside a pond deep in the forest, Detective Paul Werner is faced with a mystery. ...

Sun (2022)

Young women, Austrian style. Yesmin is Kurdish and wears a headscarf. She shoots a cheeky burqa video with Bella and Nati which makes the trio famous in the Muslim community. Controversy and alienation ensue. Immediate, exuberantly introverted cinema. ...

Hinterland (2021)

Vienna, 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed. Peter Perg returns home from the Great War, after years of captivity. But the Vienna he comes home to is nothing like the place he once knew. The new Austrian Republic thrives on social and artistic ...

Sargnagel - Der Film (2021)

The novel "Fitness" by anarchic poet Stefanie Sargnagel is to be made into a film. The only condition on the part of film funding: Sargnagel should play herself. Surfacing alongside the author are numerous actors from the Viennese cultural landscape in cam ...

The Collini Case (2019)

A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case. ...

The Golden Glove (2019)

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s. ...

The Dark (2018)

A murderous, flesh-eating undead young girl haunting the remote stretch of woods where she was murdered decades earlier, discovers a kidnapped and abused boy hiding in the trunk of one of her victim's cars. Her decision to let the boy live throws her aggre ...

Ein Leben für die Steiermark. Die Czernys und das Werden des Landes (2018)

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. ...

The Migrumpies (2017)

For a TV documentary, the two unemployed friends Benny and Marko pretend to be petty criminals with immigrant background until the coin flips and reality turns against them. ...

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 ...

Schweinskopf al dente (2016)

As he tries to win back his ex-girlfriend, a lethargic Lower Bavarian police officer gets sidetracked by a panicky boss and an escaped psychopath. ...

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. ...

Life Eternal (2015)

Brenner returns to Graz, the city where he grew up. When confronted with his old friends, his former girlfriend and the major sin he committed when he was young, murders and a fateful gunshot to the head result. After Brenner comes out of a coma, he begins ...

The Wonders (2014)

In the Tuscan countryside, a family of traditional honey farmers struggles to make ends meet. The household consists of only daughters—four of them—led by the eldest, Gelsomina, who takes on the responsibilities of the family. When a small boy is sent ...

The Last Summer of the Rich (2014)

Vienna's high society parties with sex, drugs, alcohol and young models. Hanna von Stezewitz stands in the center of it all. She's young, attractive and rich, head of a corporate group and one of Vienna's most important financers. ...

Autumn Blood (2013)

Two young orphans in the Tirolian Mountains come under siege by a vicious band of hunters. Frightened of being separated by child services following the death of their mother, a self-sufficient 16-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother - who hasn't spok ...

Styrian Blood (2013)

Young police chief Sandra Mohr returns to her hometown of Graz with a bad feeling. Together with her new boss, Sascha Bergmann, she is tasked with solving the death of a journalist who was planning to write an article on abuse of office and nepotism. ...

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. ...

Strawberryfields (2012)

A reconstruction, the replica of a complex emotional world made of desire and aggression: a teen film. Florian Pochlatko explores the agonies of adolescence and the rage and frustration caused by being dissatisfied with oneself. ...

Paradise: Love (2012)

On the beaches of Kenya they're known as "Sugar Mamas" —European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise, moving from beach ...

Still Life (2012)

An unexpected letter forces siblings Bernhard and Lydia to confront each other and to deal with their family history. ...

Der Winzerkrieg (2011)

The winegrower Josef Fink has his eye on the vineyard of his neighbor Franziska Habicht. When fate hands him an ancient contract stating that the Habichts' vineyard became the property of the Finks back in 1602, a small war begins between the winegrowers. ...

König Otto (2006)

Janitor Otto Huber is a down-to-earth person through and through. When he wins a trip to Africa in a competition, the single father boards the plane just for the sake of his young daughter. Once there, he happens to be chosen as "King Otto". ...

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 ...

The Praying Mantis (2001)

Trixi Jancik leads a risky double life. At home, she is an obedient housewife. But when she puts on a disguise and goes to the racetrack to indulge in her secret passion, she catches a glimpse of a better life. Although she blows her grocery money, she has ...

Northern Skirts (1999)

Vienna, 1995. Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad and Roman live near the northern border of Austria. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young migrants from the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Austria itself. S ...

Hur und Heilig (1984)

A housewife, annoyed by her husband who constantly wanders in brothels, and a child, who eventually throws her into the Rhine, begins a new life and attracts a prostitute. ...