Henning Backhaus

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

Ingbert, the sock, applies for a position as a double bass player at the Vienna State Orchestra. Bad idea.

A leather jacket and eyes blackened with make-up. Tommy is a musician with heart, having long outlived his idol, Kurt Cobain. Like him, though, he is also self-destructive and is drawn increasingly into a musical mania and alcohol excess. For the dream of a record contract, promised to the winner of local band contest, he will go to any lengths. The driven individual stops for no one – be it others or himself.

Four 13 years old hang out on a railway bridge, going around in circles. Instead of talking things through, they concentrate on their own little pecking order.

"This is Vienna State Opera live at home". March 2015.