Martin Maria Abram

13 Minutes (2015)

The breathtaking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. In 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, radical Georg Elser — disparaged as an assassin — is one of the greatest resistance fighters. ...

Der Kardinal (2011)

The semi-documentary film contains fictional scenes as well as archive footage of the life and work of the Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Franz König (1905–2004). ...

Der Atem des Himmels (2010)

The Austrian musician and author Reinhold Bilgeri produced and directed the film, which is based on his 2005 historic novel of the same name. The events in the movie are based on the worst avalanche catastrophe in Alpine history. ...

The Holy Land of Tyrol (2010)

Set in the 1800s when Napoleon's French ruled Europe, the film follows young Austrian carpenter Franz and his Bavarian wife, Katharina as an unforeseen event forces them to flee from Augsburg, Bavaria for Franz's family home in Tyrol, Austria. Tyrolian sen ...

Mathilde liebt (2005)

This melodrama about love in the third age focuses on the 65-year-old Mathilde living alone after the death of her husband. When she gets to know the attractive Carlo in the opera, she sleeps with him at the same evening. Mathilde tries to call him up some ...

Schwabenkinder (2003)

A film about a piece of Germany's dark past at the end of the 19th century. ...

The Ring of the Buddha (2003)

Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European to pass through the "forbidden" kingdom. He doesn't discover any mineral resources there. Yet he does uncover the mysteries of life and penetrates towards ...

Ein Rucksack voller Lügen (1996)

Berlina - Eine Reise ins Ungewisse (1992)

A travelling salesman attempts to cross a vast, dark forest in his old medium-range car, an Opel "Berlina". Suddenly, however, something happens... And then there is nothing. ...

The Serbian Girl (1991)

The naive 18 year old Dobrila leaves her little Serbian village to travel to Hamburg, Germany, where her boyfriend lives. The trip is not easy. Finally in Hamburg she has to realize her boyfriend is not very interested in a relationship. She doesn't tell h ...

The Altar Boys (1990)

The main characters of the story are Pauli, a teacher's son, and Sepp, the son of a sawmill owner. They get to know each other while serving as altar boys, become friends and decide to form their own gang with themselves as leaders. Their first major objec ...

Lady Liberty (1971)

An Italian woman faces challenges at JFK Airport when Customs confiscates the mortadella sausage she brought as a gift for her fiancé, leading to a humorous and frustrating ordeal. ...