Götz Spielmann

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Götz Spielmann

Born January 11, 1961 · Wels, Austria (age 65)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Götz Spielmann (born January 11, 1961 in Wels, Austria) is an Austrian director and scriptwriter. Götz Spielmann grew up in Vienna. After High School, he lived in Paris for several months. From 1980 to 1987 he studied film direction and script-writing in Vienna at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. At the Viennese Filmacadamy, his profes…

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UprisingUprising · 2001
Uprising
6.52001
MovieDramaWar
In the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, Jews rise against the Nazis.
AntaresAntares · 2004
Antares
6.02004
MovieDrama
A deadly car crash sets off three parallel stories of women at crisis points, faltering behind the doors of the same, plain Vienna apartment block.
Lovable LiesLovable Lies · 1995
Lovable Lies
3.71995
MovieRomanceComedy
Successful actress returns to her family home in rural Austria to visit her ailing father and her sister who spent her whole life taking care of him and her family. The reunion is marked by jealousy, introspection and a secret.
RevancheRevanche · 2008
Revanche
7.22008
MovieCrimeDrama
Alex, an ex-con working as muscle in a Vienna brothel, dreams of escaping with his girlfriend Tamara, who also works there. Their attempt to break free sets off a chain of events that links their fate with a rural police officer and his troubled marriage. As their lives intersect, a quiet struggle unfolds between guilt, grief, and the desire for redemption.
Vergiss Sneider!Vergiss Sneider! · 1987
Vergiss Sneider!
10.01987
MovieDrama
Witty, literary and intellectual Kammerspiel film which presents the day after the end of the world as an allegory.
Quintett komplettQuintett komplett · 1998
Quintett komplett
6.51998
MovieComedyDrama
Ulrich believes that affairs can't harm a truly good marriage. That's why he's set his sights on the attractive Jutta. Jutta believes that his life so far can't be all there is to it. That's why she's set her sights on Ulrich. Sigi believes that his marriage to Jutta could be in jeopardy because of this. Therese believes Ulrich is intelligent enough not to completely succumb to his sexual urges. But she's wrong.
The NeighbourThe Neighbour · 1992
The Neighbour
6.31992
MovieDrama
Set in an old suburb of Vienna traversed by the local railway line and full of old dilapidated houses. In this district, and old man lives and when his neighbour dies and new tenants move in his existence is transformed.
The Happiness of OthersThe Happiness of Others · 2008
The Happiness of Others
2008
MovieDocumentary
The film "The Happiness of Others," is engaged in the happy hunting of man in the mental state of happiness. Be happy - and every second of their lives - is the goal of human existence. Welch various ways are there of her, this "feeling of indescribable joy" for a few brief moments by capturing and feel it to be able to show this film. Using a variety of colorful portraits and interviews with successful people, he takes the phenomenon of "Happiness" critical eye.

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The StrangerThe Stranger · 2000
The Stranger
6.12000
MovieDramaCrime
The seedy underbelly of Vienna at night. Mercedes is a femme fatale from Mexico, newly arrived at the Vienna airport with her German boyfriend Rainer, where they have smuggled a kilo of cocaine through customs. Unfortunately for them, the city has just had a major drug crackdown, leaving them without buyers and money. Disgusted with Rainer, Mercedes ditches him and hooks up with Harry, a lonely and bored cab driver who agrees to help her find a buyer for the drugs so she can get some cash and go home. She offers Harry a deal he can't refuse. Is he just another pawn for Mercedes or will her promises help him achieve his hope and dreams? The story careens through the night streets of Vienna, following two amateurs navigating their way through the treacherous world of the drug trade. It's a mood piece with the backdrop of a stifling urban loneliness.

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