Nikolaus Paryla

Das Glück ist ein Vogerl (2020)

Salzburg. A few weeks before Christmas. Franz, in his late forties, secretly dreams of a career as a rock guitarist, but in real life he ekes out an unsuccessful existence as a music teacher. In addition, his marriage to Linn is in deep crisis and the pube ...

Dark Paradise (2019)

The investigation of an escort girl found dead in a luxury hotel leads the detectives on a dangerous trail, flustering the local authorities of the wealthy town. ...

Brandnächte (2017)

To find out the truth about her sister's death, lawyer Julia returns to her home village in the foothills of the Alps, where the gruesome murder took place eight years ago. A mysterious email she receives opens up old wounds and makes her doubt whether the ...

Und Äktschn! (2014)

The big opportunity has come for amateur filmmaker Pospiech: The local bank director has announced a film competition. Pospiech wants to win with a portrait of Hitler the private man - and show it to his rival. Nagy, director of an amateur film club and fa ...

Wer's glaubt wird selig (2012)

The snow is staying away from the Bavarian ski village of Haunzenberg, and so are the skiers. Business is failing and so is Georg's relationship with Emilie. During his attempt to reignite the fires of passion, the wooden cross in the next room falls down, ...

Länger leben (2010)

The story of two pensioners, Max Wanner and Fritz Pollatschek. Wanner needs a new liver, Pollatschek a new heart. But how are two men in their seventies supposed to get hold of a donor organ? A hair-raising and eventful search begins... ...

Heimat zu verkaufen (2010)

The Berghotel Edelweiss, located amidst a picture-book landscape, is a traditional family business. To meet growing demands, Max Höllerer takes out a loan to expand the property. Unfortunately, he has speculated. The bank sells the house, but secretly pla ...

Bible Code (2008)

Johanna Bachmann is a young police received an emergency call from his father he believed dead, but to meet him, kill him. Nevertheless, the man gets to give her daughter a bag with various personal items. These will put you on the track of a manuscript th ...

The Reason Why (2008)

Think of a really nice person, a friend of yours, someone who could never hurt a fly. Imagine finding out that he is supposed to have killed someone. You're told that he has shot a person in a bar, for no obvious reason. He has already confessed. He says t ...

The Young Schiller (2005)

The young Friedrich Schiller begins his life as a poet with a dramatic escape. After the sensational success of his first drama "The Robbers", he deserts from the Duke's army. At the Mannheim Court and National Theatre, he initially receives a friendly rec ...

Marias's Last Journey (2005)

This critically-acclaimed TV movie focuses on a Bavarian countrywoman and her desire to die with dignity. Maria Stadler knows that she will die soon from cancer, but the stubborn old lady doesn't want to spend her last days in a hospital. Her doctor cannot ...

Germanikus (2004)

The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only to end up in the next misery as a taster at the imperial court. When the emperor dies, he is arrested as a ...

Wedding Shower (2003)

The film is based on the figure of the police inspector Simon Polt of the Austrian author Alfred Komarek. ...

Pumuckl und sein Zirkusabenteuer (2003)

Master Eder's cousin Ferdinand turns up one day after his death to collect his inheritance. What he doesn't realize is that Pumuckl is also part of his legacy. The goblin soon gets stuck on the glue pot and becomes visible to Ferdinand. He has nothing bett ...

Himmel, Polt und Hölle (2002)

Policeman Simon Polt is on cloud nine. He finally has the village teacher Karin in his arms. But soon he's forced to look into the depths of humanity again: the priest's cook has been found dead. Was it the gourmet critic? The feisty woman had poured soup ...

What's Up with the Men in My Life? (2002)

The 12-year-old Fridolin Sternberg is looking for answers to the reasons for his parents' divorce. ...

Zwölfeläuten (2001)

A village in Styria, Austria, 1945. A troop of the elderly, the lame, and the village idiots roams the woods. When the Nazis invade to collect metal for weapons, the church bell disappears. ...

Polt muss weinen (2001)

Real estate speculator Albert Hahn is found dead in his cellar. He died of fermentation gas poisoning. The doctor in charge assumes it was an accident. But Polt knows that the dead man was hated in the community. He suspects that the murderer wanted to mak ...

Hunters in the Snow (2000)

The protagonist, Franz, copies the paintings of old masters. He slowly loses his sense of reality, resulting in angst-ridden fantasies and a desire for self-destruction. Franz has an uphill battle with the loss of values and spread of capitalism around hi ...

Der Hahn ist tot (2000)

After work, only the canary is waiting for Rosi. Even her friend secretly giggles about the "old bag who's missed out. ...

Fink fährt ab (1999)

Bank robber Schellack is abandoned by his accomplices during a coup. In his desperation, he takes student driver Fink hostage. The two trust each other more and more, and soon it's almost second nature for the hostage to help the kidnapper escape. ...

Solo for Clarinet (1998)

Berlin, Germany. A cruel murder took place in an appartment building. Somebody bit off quite a piece of the victim's penis, who then, of course, lost a lot of blood, before being struck down at the head. Leading investigator Bernhard Kominka, being in stre ...

Die kleine Zauberflöte (1998)

Prince Tamino and his companions are chasing a magnificent boar. Caught up in the excitement of the hunt, Prince Tamino ignores all warnings and fails to notice that he is approaching the end of the world. ...

Geliebte Gegner (1998)

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

And Suddenly Everything Was Different (1997)

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 ...

Gefährliche Freundin (1996)

A thriller directed by Hermine Huntgeburth. ...

A Girl Called Rosemarie (1996)

Katja Flint, Hannelore Elsner and Heiner Lauterbach star in this German film about a woman who climbs the social ladder by sleeping with those she encounters on her way to the top. When she's discovered dead in her apartment in 1957, the police try to piec ...

Spitzenleistung (1996)

Rohe Ostern (1996)

All hell has broken loose in the afterlife because the scatterbrained Schulz has killed his friend Frieder instead of the architecture student Sebastian. Frieder's soul rebels until the underworld agrees to give him a second chance. But first he has to per ...

Svens Geheimnis (1995)

Sven is a twelve year old pocket-picker and works for Jens, boss of his gang in school. Teacher Vera Loewe becomes one of his victims. When she realizes that he's one of the pupils in her new class, she confronts him and wants to help, even against his wil ...

Rudy, the Racing Pig (1995)

Flat-dwelling urban family win a pig in a raffle, and decide to keep it. They lose their flat (no pets allowed) but eventually Rudi the pig makes good. ...

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 ...

Der Komödienstadel - Die Hochzeitskutsche (1994)

I Spy Returns (1994)

Time passes and things change. So have Scott and Robinson. Scott has become a college professor and Robinson holds a high enough position with the S.S.A.. Actually, their children are now the agents. It is their first mission and they must babysit some Rus ...

Das größte Fest des Jahres (1991)

A TV special about the christmas celebrations of the most popular TV characters in the ZDF at that time. ...

Der veruntreute Himmel (1990)

Achterloo IV (1989)

Bei Thea (1988)

David flies from Tel Aviv to Munich to study. Through a gay friend he meets Thea, the older quirky landlady of a gay pub. He becomes friends with Thea. She recognizes through a ring David wears that he is her grandson. ...

Wenn ich mich fürchte (1984)

After separating from his wife, an artist finds himself in a major crisis. ...

Kehraus (1983)

Ferdinand Weitel, a forklift driver, is desperate: Insurance agent Arno von Mehling, a true sales talent, has had contracts signed in record amounts. Now Weitel is wandering through the corridors of the insurance company trying to save what can still be sa ...

Consistency Is Key (1983)

Lena Rais (1979)

Lena is married to bricklayer Albert and has three children. While the offspring rebel more and more openly and massively against their father's entrenched ideas and values as they get older, Lena takes the path of silent protest. But even this provocative ...

Vor Gericht seh'n wir uns wieder - Skurriles aus dem schönen Wien (1978)

Sonntagsgeschichten (1976)

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

Der Hauptmann (1971)

Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1969)

Der Gürtel (1967)

Die venezianischen Zwillinge (1966)

Die verhängnisvolle Faschingsnacht (1962)

Rumpelstiltskin and the Golden Secret (1960)

East German adaptation of Grimm's fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin". A boastful miller pretends that his daughter Marie can spin straw into gold, and so she is locked into a room full of straw and ordered to spin it into gold by the next morning. A little man a ...

Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter (1950)

In the middle of the 19th century, almost one in three women who gave birth died of puerperal fever. The Hungarian doctor Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis also observed these terrible occurrences in his clinic in Vienna. He came to the conclusion that it was prima ...