Otto Schenk

Der Menschendarsteller - Otto Schenk zum 90. Geburtstag (2020)

Vier Saiten (2020)

Professor Karl Michaeli is a former star cellist and grantler , as he is in the book. After the death of his beloved wife Maria in 2014, the retired music professor lives alone in a three-room apartment in Vienna. To his displeasure, several foreign famili ...

Die Professorin – Tatort Ölfeld (2018)

A murder case is drawing more attention to the family history of historian Adelgunde. In cooperation with a young Russian girl, who knows surprisingly much about her father, Adelgunde finds out about strictly guarded family secrets. ...

Jedermann liebt Karli Spiehs – Einer Legende auf der Spur (2017)

Liebe möglicherweise (2016)

Stories about citizens of a big city who encounter a variety of fates as a result of their difficulties in communicating with each other. ...

Zu Blöd um Alt zu sein: Otto Schenk & Michael Niavarani im Gespräch (2016)

Since we never managed to meet up for coffee in person, we decided to get so close on stage that we could even cross paths. We'll mostly sit down the whole time. A firework of punchlines—whenever we can think of any. Nostalgic memories—whenever we can ...

Chuzpe (2013)

Carlos Kleiber: I am Lost to the World (2011)

Austrian classical conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was as eccentric and reclusive as he was brilliant, persistently and obstreperously declining to participate in the international music community or business. This set him apart from his more public c ...

Traces to Nowhere: The Conductor Carlos Kleiber (2010)

A documentary about the life and career of the conductor Carlos Kleiber. Featuring interviews with Placido Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Manfred Honeck, Michael Gielen, and others. On the 11th July 2004 Carlos Kleiber got into his car and drove from Munic ...

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 ...

Mein alter Freund Fritz (2007)

Kampl (2005)

Kampl wants to bring love and inheritance matters into the right hands. His grandson Gabriel has plans about what's best for himself. ...

Johannes Heesters: Eine Legende wird 100 (2003)

Hochwürden wird Papa (2003)

The priest Hannes Jagermüller struggles to keep his flock under control in the idyllic village of St. Gilgen on Lake Wolfgang. His arch-rival, the mayor Oskar Lindner, is planning to build a ski resort with a hotel on the "magical" wedding meadow. ...

August der Glückliche (2002)

When the heart-sick bus driver August is forced into involuntary retirement, he decides to gamble away his severance pay at the casino. But he wins: a million euros! Looking for a person who truly loves him, August places an advertisement in the newspaper: ...

Lend Me An Tenor (2002)

Tito Merelli, world-famous tenor, greatest singer of all time, audience favorite, and star on every continent, is making his first guest appearance in Cleveland – only: he's not there, having been overdue for hours. When he finally arrives, the opera dir ...

Zwei unter einem Dach (2001)

Small war among pensioners: The charming chaotic Walter Hofer and the pedant Eberhard Gatzweiler have had a love-hate relationship for decades. Not even their grandson Martin can change that. During the lovable tug-of-war for the favor of Martin's attracti ...

Ein Herz wird wieder jung (1999)

An old, rich bachelor learns that he has a granddaughter ... ...

Late Show (1999)

Hannes Engel is a successful radio presenter in the countryside. By chance, he is heard by program director Conrad Scheffer one night, who immediately recognizes the potential of the cheeky presenter and wants to sign him up as the new figurehead for his l ...

Sonny Boys (1999)

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 ...

Mein Opa und die 13 Stühle (1997)

Austrian version of the novel "12 Chairs". While on vacation with her grandfather in Vienna, Samantha learns that she's inherited something. But upon arriving in Carinthia, Grandpa and his granddaughter discover that the inheritance appears to consist of o ...

Potasch und Perlmutter (1996)

Unser Opa ist der Beste (1995)

Retired coffee house owner Franz is a real hypochondriac. When he overhears the doctor's prognosis during a visit to the doctor, everything is clear to Franz: the terminally ill patient can only mean himself. He has three weeks left to sort out the affairs ...

Tafelspitz (1994)

The master of the house developed his culinary skills to such an extent that he poached 'the' chef and hired him for his household in New York. Lilli flies to New York with her private secretary William, where she cooks for her unknown boss using every tri ...

Die Sternstunde des Josef Bieder (1993)

Sachen zum Lachen (1992)

Immer Ärger mit Nicole (1992)

A comedy directed by Frank Strecker. ...

Duett (1992)

Der Schwierige (1991)

Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt (1989)

Starke Zeiten (1988)

The film consists of several small episodes that take place in and around Munich. ...

Die Fledermaus (1986)

Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 31 December 1986. ...

Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift (1984)

In October 1936, a high official in the Austrian government receives a letter from a German Jewish woman with whom he had an affair in 1925 asking him to help place an 11-year-old, half Jewish boy in a good Austrian school. Is the child his? Should he help ...

Der Zerrissene (1984)

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

The Living Corpse (1981)

Tsarist Russia: Lisa lives apart from her husband Fedya, who drinks too much, wastes his money and hangs around with gypsies. Her mother is pushing for a divorce, especially as her childhood friend Viktor Karenin, a well-to-do and wealthy man, loves her an ...

Der Unbestechliche (1979)

Das Veilchen (1979)

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

Schatten und Licht (1977)

Der Talisman (1976)

Recording of Johann Nestroy's play from the Landestheater Salzburg. ...

Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt (1973)

"The Great Magician" - Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) was an Austrian theater and film director, director, theater producer and theater founder. With his Jedermann production on August 22, 1920, he founded the Salzburg Festival. ...

Die Fledermaus (1972)

Witty, fun, intoxicating film of Johann Strauss II's popular operetta, based on a stage production from Vienna State Opera; this is a showcase for the entire cast, but most especially Eberhard Wächter as the insufferably boorish Gabriel Eisenstein, and Gu ...

Immer Ärger mit Hochwürden (1972)

A new highway, a new chairlift, the election of the new mayor and again a lot of alcohol. ...

Überall ist Wunderland - Erinnerungen an Joachim Ringelnatz (1971)

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)

In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday, Leonard Bernstein illustrates his analysis with excerpts from his performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major and the Ode to Joy from the Ni ...

Hier bin ich, mein Vater (1970)

Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (1968)

Otto Schenk & Alfred Böhm - Der Untermieter (1964)

Ein Dorf ohne Männer (1963)

Das haben die Mädchen gern (1963)

Mit den besten Empfehlungen (1962)

Der Bauer als Millionär (1961)

The fairy Lacrimosa's daughter lives with a forest farmer. If she marries a poor man, her mother will regain her magical powers. «Envy» wants to prevent this and turns the forest farmer into a hard-hearted millionaire. ...

Ich heiße Robert Guiscard (1960)

Der eingebildete Kranke (1959)

Die Alkestiade (1958)

Die Fledermaus (2020)

The plot of Die Fledermaus is woven around a ball given by Prince Orlofsky. ...

Die Fledermaus - WIENER STAATSOPER (2019)

To avoid serving his prison sentence, a fashionable socialite sneaks off to a lavish party. The champagne flows as guests waltz the night away, but several of them have something to hide. This internationally renowned production by Otto Schenk takes the a ...

Leoš Janáček: Das schlaue Füchslein (2016)

Janacek's opera performed in Vienna on April 11, 2016 ...

The Cunning Little Vixen - Wiener Staatsoper (2016)

The Adventures of Vixen Sharp-Ears. ...

The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser (2015)

Met Music Director James Levine leads this Live in HD presentation of Wagner's early Romantic opera, starring Johan Botha in the title role of the minnesinger torn between earthly passion and true love. Eva-Maria Westbroek is Elisabeth, whose unswerving de ...

The Metropolitan Opera: The Master-Singers of Nuremberg (2014)

James Levine leads a stirring performance of Wagner's epic comedy, seen in Otto Schenk's classic production. Baritone Michael Volle stars as Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet at the heart of this story of love, art, and youth vs. age. Leading Wagnerian tenor Jo ...

The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka (2014)

Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák's sumptuously melodic Rusalka. The story of the opera, which is about a water spirit's tragic romance with a human prince, is drawn from several folktale sources including Han ...

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale (2010)

Donizetti's timeless comedy shines in Otto Schenk's enchanting production, conducted by James Levine and featuring a remarkable cast. The incomparable Anna Netrebko is Norina, the young widow beloved by Ernesto (a suave Matthew Polenzani), who is about to ...

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (2005)

Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore is one of the staples of the comic opera repertory. The plot hinges on whether earnest but dim-witted Nemorino will snag Adina, the flirtatious heroine. She's a tease who takes up with Belcore, an army sergeant, to make Nemorin ...

Läderlappen (1995)

As revenge for being humiliated at a masquerade ball Dr. Falke plays a trick on Gabriel von Eisenstein. ...

Elektra (1994)

The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and ...

Richard Wagner: Parsifal (1993)

The Met production easily has the most beautiful staging, designed by Otto Schenck, who also produced the fabulous set for the Met's previous Ring cycle. Kurt Moll is a wonderful Gurnemanz, but compared to his studio recording under Karajan a decade earlie ...

Parsifal [The Metropolitan Opera] (1992)

Götterdämmerung (1990)

The stupendous climax to Wagner's four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production and byJames Levine's monumental conducting. The Met orchestra, chorus, and an all-star cast make this Götterdämmerung ...

Das Rheingold (1990)

From the gorgeous scene deep in the river Rhine that opens the opera, up to the magic Rainbow Bridge that appears at the end, leading to a glistening Valhalla, Otto Schenk's production captures the scenic world of Wagner's Ring as brilliantly as James Levi ...

Die Walküre (1990)

The gorgeous and evocative Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production continues with this second opera in Wagner's Ring cycle. Hildegard Behrens brings deep empathy to Brünnhilde, the favorite daughter of the god Wotan (James Morris) who neverthel ...

Siegfried (1990)

Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. ...

Professor Bernhardi (1989)

Les Contes d'Hoffmann (1988)

Otto Schenk's brilliant production captures both the dark romanticism of the story as well as its fairy-tale magic. It is a superb setting for Neil Shicoff's vivid portrayal of the tortured poet Hoffmann, as he recounts the loves of his life and the way he ...

Die Fledermaus (1986)

Live performance from the Metropolitan Opera, 31 December 1986. ...

Die Hose (1985)

Der Zerrissene (1984)

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

The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser (1982)

As renowned for its harmonious overture as for its romantic storybook characters, this three-act masterwork features some of the composer's most groundbreaking and unforgettable music, as well as a theme the young Wagner would revisit again and again later ...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Wiener Staatsoper) (1982)

Every bar bubbles with the spirit of the Bohemian countryside in Otto Checnk's picturesque 1982 production from Vienna, where Smetana's comic masterpiece first conquered the heart of opera lovers with its lilting melodies, lovable characters and rousing Cz ...

Andrea Chenier (1981)

Although Domingo was younger and Banackova looked more like the sweet and innocent young Madalena than the one played by Tomowa-Sintow in the ROH production, this production was not as good. It was not as tight and neat. The tempo set was far too slow for ...

The Living Corpse (1981)

Tsarist Russia: Lisa lives apart from her husband Fedya, who drinks too much, wastes his money and hangs around with gypsies. Her mother is pushing for a divorce, especially as her childhood friend Viktor Karenin, a well-to-do and wealthy man, loves her an ...

Strauss: Die Fledermaus (1980)

Theodor Guschlbauer conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera in this lavish staging of Johann Strauss's operetta. Recorded in 1980, the production features some of the leading performers of their day, including Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberov ...

Das Veilchen (1979)

Beethoven Fidelio (1978)

This production is a gala affair; the sets are traditional (evocative of 18th-19th century Spain); the lighting is bright, so colors are good and one can see all of the action. Singers are generally well chosen and perform admirably. However, at this point ...

Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor (1978)

Drei Schwestern (1977)

Komtesse Mizzi (1975)

Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera (1975)

This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Piero Cappucili (Renato), Patricia Payne (? - the booklet or DVD fails to credit the singer) (Ulrica) a ...

Much Ado About Nothing (1975)

Burgtheater recording, based on Shakespeare's play. ...

Reigen (1973)

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The youn ...

Was Ihr wollt (1973)

A filmed German performance of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed for the stage by Otto Schenk and performed at the Landestheater in 1973. ...

Die Fledermaus (1972)

Witty, fun, intoxicating film of Johann Strauss II's popular operetta, based on a stage production from Vienna State Opera; this is a showcase for the entire cast, but most especially Eberhard Wächter as the insufferably boorish Gabriel Eisenstein, and Gu ...

Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung (1971)

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)

In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday, Leonard Bernstein illustrates his analysis with excerpts from his performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major and the Ode to Joy from the Ni ...

Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1969)

Zeit der Kirschen (1966)

Die Teepuppe (1964)

Die Zauberflöte (1964)

Hin und her (1963)