#josef hader

[gregor-samsung]

Wilde Maus [Wild Mouse] (Josef Hader, 2017)

[allstef]

I like portraits, even though they are challenging. This is based of a photo I took of Josef Hader, a cabaret artist from Austria.

[genevieveetguy]

The Story of My Wife (A feleségem története), Ildikó Enyedi (2021)

[cirilee]

@whiskerknittles​ 

this is how kurt (the straight laced health obsessed nerd, who always believes in fate and the good will of the universe) cheers up his frenemy/actual friend heinz (moody idiot) about the fact that he has cancer:

[handwerkstatt]

Wir können die Erde nicht mit Leder bedecken, darum ziehen wir uns Schuhe an.

We can't cover the earth with leather that's why we put on shoes.

[keinanker]

Warum hast du Angst, vor dem was du kannst?

Maeckes - Kino

[vienna-city]

Josef Hader.

[austrianshitposting]

Austrian Movies Masterpost

*Some of these are not actually Austrian productions, but have important cast or crew members who are Austrian. That is Austrian enough.

Classics and Must-See:

Echte Wiener – Die Sackbauer-Saga (Real Viennese - The Sackbauer Saga), 2008, Comedy, dir. Kurt Ockermüller. IMDB: 30 years after we saw the Sackbauers the last time, they have estranged from everyone. Only mother “Toni” tries to re-establish the old happy family. It is the first of two movie sequels to the Austrian cult series “Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter”. Trailer, Trailer for the sequel

Das Fest des Huhnes (The Festival of the Chicken), 1992, Comedy/Mockumantary, dir. Walter Wippersberg. IMDB: A hilarious spoof on ethnological documentaries: an African TV team comes to the Austrian province to document the strange behavior of the natives. A movie that most students will watch in school at some point, ususally before they really understand and appreciate it, but it’s actually hilarious! Trailer

Hallo Dienstmann (Hello Attendant), 1952, Comedy/Musical, dir. Franz Antel IMDB: Musical comedy about confused identities. Music professor Godai dresses up as service worker for carneval when he accidentially gets a job to move luggage. He plays along when he falls in love with the luggage owner. Everything becomes complicated when the woman of his desire turns out to be the new teacher at the music university. One of Hans Moser’s most famous movies, also starring Paul Hörbiger. There are several others worth watching, especially if you like musical comedies. The song Hallo Dienstmann from the movie

Komm, süßer Tod (Come Sweet Death), 2000, Comedy/Mystery/Thriller, dir. Wolfgang Murnberger IMDB: Ex-detective Brenner wants to keep himself out of trouble but several murder cases and his ex-girlfriend Klara finally get him involved. But making decisions is not one his strengths. The first of four ‘Brenner’ movie adaptions to the novels by Wolf Haas. It’s also co-written by Josef Hader, who also plays the main character Simon Brenner. Trailer, Trailer to sequels: Silentium, Der Knochenmann, Das Ewige Leben

Liebe (Amour), 2012, Drama/Romance, dir. Michael Haneke IMDB: Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple’s bond of love is severely tested. Depressing, like any good Haneke movie. Watch it if you’re in the mood to have your week ruined. However, it was nominated for two Oscars and won one, and is worth a watch! Trailer

Müllers Büro

(Müller’s Office), 1986, Comedy/Crime/Musical, dir. Niki List IMDB: Private detective Max Müller and his assistent Larry try to solve a crime but find themselves in strange bars and women. This is an absolute must-watch and one of my favourite movies in general. The humour is on point, it’s very quotable, and the musical acts just fit in perfectly. Also, we get to see a young Andreas Vitasek! Trailer

Muttertag (Mother’s Day), 1993, Comedy, dir. Harald Sicheritz IMDB: A satirical take on the life of a family in a public housing complex in Vienna as they prepare for Mother’s Day. Quotable, iconic, hilarious, somewhat disturbing - an Austrian classic! Trailer

Sissi, 1955, Comedy/Drama/History, dir.  Ernst Marischka IMDB: In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth “Sissi” of Austria, the young vibrant princess catches the eye of her sister’s fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef. The movie that made Romy Schneider a world star. Maybe not for everyone, but every Austrian should watch it at least once! Trailer

Die Wand (The Wall), 2012, Drama/Fantasy/Mystery, dir. Julian Pölsler IMDB: A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature. This movie is majorly fucked up. There is no other way to say it. Watch it if you want to feel a mixture of shock, disgust, and depression. Trailer

Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), 2009,  Drama, Mystery, dir  Michael Haneke IMDB: Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible? Another Haneke movie, you can never go wrong with that. And it is an important movie about Austrian and German history. Trailer

We Feed the World, 2005, Documentary, dir.  Erwin Wagenhofer IMDB: A look at how the world’s food is produced and how mass production changes the environment and the lives of people. This is the movie that almost everyone watched at school at some point. Trailer

Recent Movies:

Die Migrantigen (The Migrumpies), 2017, Comedy, dir.  Arman T. Riahi IMDB:  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. This movie is hilarious and offeres a different perspective on the much talked about issues of immigration and integration. Trailer

Wilde Maus (Wild Mouse), 2017, Comedy/Drama, dir. Josef Hader IMDB: When Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his younger wife Johanna, who wants a child with him. Instead, he embarks upon a campaign of revenge against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller-coaster with an old school friend. It is a typical Hader movie. Which means it is a bit depressing, but in a funny way. It’s very enjoyable, and the soundtrack only adds to that. Trailer

Siebzehn (Seventeen), 2017, Drama, dir. Monja Art IMDB: Paula, an above-average intelligent student, is in love with her classmate Charlotte. At the same time she feels permanently provoked by dissolute Lilly to challenge her limits. This movie is cute. I’d bet that the average tumblr user would greatly enjoy it, and I did too. I mean, I didn’t enjoy it just because wlw romance, but it definitively was a plus! Trailer

Personal favourites and movies I just need to mention:

Bad Fucking, 2013, Comedy, dir. Harald Sicheritz IMDB This movie is inspired by the name of the real Austrian Village Fucking. It is about the fictinal tourist resort Bad Fucking that mainly attracts people with its unique name. To be honest, the trailers looked more promising than the movie really was, but nevertheless, it was entertaining. My highlight was Michael Ostrowski, also known as “Franzi” from Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall, as mayor. Trailer

Funny Games, 1997, Drama, Horror, dir. Michael Haneke

IMDB: Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic “games” with one another for their own amusement. My favourite Haneke movie. I’m not a huge horror fan, but that movie just struck a nerve, somehow. Make sure you watch the 1997 original, not the American 2007 remake. Trailer

Im Keller, 2014, Documentary, dir. Ulrich Seidl IMDB: A documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements. If you think that documentaries are boring, watch this one. The movie is many things, most of all distrubing and, I don’t want to say “gross”, because we’re talking about real people here, but it kind of is, but it is not for a second boring. Trailer

Feel free to add more if I missed them!