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2) Mayerling
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
Français
Description
A young baron's daughter begins a tumultuous affair with an Archduke that is heir to the Austrian throne. Based on the true story of the tragic events surrounding the life of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Based on Agathe von Trapp's Memories Before and After the Sound of Music, this unforgettable movie follows the von Trapp family's incredible journey from the perspective of Agathe, the eldest daughter. As war encroached upon her family and friends, Agathe embarked on an adventure filled with remarkable twists and turns, joys and disappointments. But despite the struggles through the dark times, there was always the saving grace of music.
5) Baron Blood
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
American professor Peter Kleist travels to Austria on summer holiday to learn more about his family roots. By reciting an incantation on a piece of ancient parchment, he succeeds in scaring up a genuine ancestor; Baron Otto von Kleist, a 16th century sadistic nobleman whose appetite for cruelty earned him the nickname 'Baron Blood.' Before Peter can reverse the incantation, the parchment burns.
Publisher
Excel Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Sister Rachel Taylor is an ethusiastic missionary who is determined to change the world. After arriving in the Austria Vienna Mission she soon learns how to cope with the challenges of learning a different language and eating exotic foreign cuisine. It's not until she is transferred to a new town with a difficult companion that Sister Taylor finds it will take more than hard work and optimism if she hopes to make a difference. Based on the true story...
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. The trickiest sort of play -- a comedy with tragic relief. With her brother condemned to die for the crime of premarital sex, Isabella is torn between her vows to God...
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Archduke Rudolph, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, begins a fateful affair with the Baroness Mary Vetsera. She, along with the other women who influenced his life, paint the revealing portrait of an empire unable to adapt to modern times.
9) Dishonored
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Marlene Dietrich plays the role of a spy, Agent X-27, in this 1931 release. Dietrich is recruited by the Austrian Secret Service to feret out secrets from the enemy and altering the course of the war until she meets up with Kranau (McLaglen), the Russian agent.
10) A hidden life
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
13) Before sunrise
Series
Criterion collection volume 857
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a young American and a French beauty meet on the Eurail, he convinces her to spend time with him before he has to go back to the U.S. in the morning.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Portrait of an incarcerated teenager attempting to win parole by working at a local morgue. Raised from birth in institutions, he is initially impassive and self-sabotaging in his behavior; soon, though, he begins to respect the solemn work of handling the dead, and starts to come to terms with his own youthful crime.
16) Bitter sweet
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
In order to avoid an arranged marriage with a man she doesn't love, Sarah Millick runs off to Vienna with her music teacher, Carl Linden, whom she does love. They are married. In Vienna, they struggle to make a living by making music. Carl writes an operetta and tries to get it produced. They are helped along by Viennese Baron, but his intentions are not honorable. He kills Carl in a sword fight. A big producer does put on the operetta, with Sari...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Deutsch
Description
This emotionally powerful film explores the painful dilemma of whether to speak out or remain silent in the face of tyranny. It tells the story of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and his life in exile from 1936 to 1942. Zweig was one of the most famous writers of his time, but as a Jewish intellectual he struggled to find the right stance towards the events in Nazi Germany. Driven to emigrate to South America at the peak of his worldwide fame, Zweig...
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Deutsch
Description
"This stylized vision of the illustrious composer/conductor's life and inner mysteries, realized by celebrated Austrian filmmaker Wolfgang Lesowsky, reveals an artist of great feeling and a man of great contradictions. Through the eyes of the women in his life and his highly opinionated public, the story of a troubled, tempestuous genius unfolds, set to the master's own stirring music"--Container.
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Classic
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare's dark comedy about human sexuality, in which a woman is forced to choose between her brother's life and her chastity; includes an overview of Shakespeare's life and times, as well as source information, dramatic criticism, a stage and screen history, and recommended readings on the play.
Series
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Deutsch
Description
16 year old princess Elisabeth, 'Sissi', follows her mother and sister Helene to the Austrian court in Ischl, where the engagement between Helene and the young emperor Franz Josef will be announced. But he meets Sissi when she's out fishing and falls in love with her. Sissi loves Franz Josef but a marriage with him comes with a bonus, his arrogant and headstrong mother.
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