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Walter Bannert

Born November 28, 1942 · Wien, Austria

Died September 10, 2020 · aged 77

Walter Bannert (November 28, 1942 - September 10, 2020) was an Austrian film director, producer and actor. He is most known for the cult film DIE ERBEN (1982) (written and directed) and for co-founding Cinecoop Films with which he produced auteur cinema in the 70s.

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Young LoveYoung Love · 1987
Young Love
5.31987
MovieComedyRomance
While his parents are on holiday, Huey and his buddies borrow their car and go out. After pursuing a gang of girls, Huey crashes the car, and discovering that the repairs will cost a small fortune, the boys must get jobs to pay for the repairs before Huey's parents get home. The boys all land jobs as porters in the Beachfront Hotel, where their minds are taken off their problems by girls!!
Das ManifestDas Manifest · 1974
Das Manifest
8.01974
MovieThriller
A man sentenced to death escapes from a military prison and finds shelter with a resistance group that is set to liberate the country. The repressive enemy never sleeps. The escaping condemned man is also no longer the old warrior he once was: he is broken - wonders whether the resistance can put him back together.
The InheritorsThe Inheritors · 1983
The Inheritors
6.01983
MovieDramaAction
A neo-Nazi organization is recruiting in the 1980s, and two youths of high-school age join for similar reasons, despite class differences. Thomas is the son of a self-made industrialist father and a scolding social-climbing mother. He attends private school and has a brother who's an accomplished musician, but neither can satisfy mom's constant demands for school and social success. She belittles them, and there's incessant bickering at their table. Charly, a dropout, is the son of an abusive, alcoholic laborer. In the youth group, each finds order, respect, camaraderie, and adults who seem to value them. Where do domestic abuse and sanctioned political violence end?
The Happy Minutes of Georg HauserThe Happy Minutes of Georg Hauser · 1974
The Happy Minutes of Georg Hauser
7.31974
MovieDramaMystery
After a series of events, Georg Hauser, an established middle-class man, is at odds with the world, in which he himself used to work so well. He wants out. He wants to live. In a moment of his very own clarity, he destroys his car, but whoever destroys his property is an enemy of the state.
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi BearsReal Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears · 1989
Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
9.01989
MovieComedy
Teen-aged Tonyhas never known who is father is. Together with his best buddies Peter and Susan, he tracks down the clues he has as well as he can.
HerzklopfenHerzklopfen · 1985
Herzklopfen
5.21985
MovieDramaRomance
Walter Bannert's life-affirming film depicts the passionate love affair between an apprentice and a student from a middle-class family. Julia Stemberger's first film role also marked her breakthrough as a character actress. 16-year-old toolmaker apprentice David falls in love with Susanne, a politician's daughter of the same age. Their happiness doesn't last long: Susanne becomes pregnant, and David must compete in a boxing match against a seemingly superior opponent.
Was kostet der Sieg?Was kostet der Sieg? · 1980
Was kostet der Sieg?
9.01980
MovieFamily
The students of a Vienna High School participate in the games of a newly formed student's soccer league. After winning their first game, all they can think of is sport; they are encouraged by their gym teacher and school director who feel it's good for the school and its prestige. Coming of age film
1:0 für das Glück1:0 für das Glück · 2008
1:0 für das Glück
6.02008
MovieComedy
Petra Winter, the notorious headmistress of Berlin's Fröbel-Gymnasium, is known for her strictness and harsh treatment of the school administration. Even the friendly janitor Christian Brenner has a hard time with the principal's uptight manner. To get one over on the hated Ms. Winter, her colleagues arrange for her to stand in for the PE teacher. Now the principal, who is feared by the pupils, has to look after the school's flagging soccer team. But what nobody knows is that Petra Winter is a passionate soccer fan. The janitor, who has his eye on the principal, helps her train the team for a crucial match. Over the course of this time, the headmistress softens more and more and realizes that friendship is more important than discipline.

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1:0 für das Glück1:0 für das Glück · 2008
1:0 für das Glück
6.02008
MovieComedy
Petra Winter, the notorious headmistress of Berlin's Fröbel-Gymnasium, is known for her strictness and harsh treatment of the school administration. Even the friendly janitor Christian Brenner has a hard time with the principal's uptight manner. To get one over on the hated Ms. Winter, her colleagues arrange for her to stand in for the PE teacher. Now the principal, who is feared by the pupils, has to look after the school's flagging soccer team. But what nobody knows is that Petra Winter is a passionate soccer fan. The janitor, who has his eye on the principal, helps her train the team for a crucial match. Over the course of this time, the headmistress softens more and more and realizes that friendship is more important than discipline.

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