Martyrs of Striving

Due to a broken getaway car, three Russian jewel thieves are forced to take shelter in an empty Viennese coffee house. They knock out the waiter and call their fourth accomplice. Ten minutes until the new car arrives! Unfortunately two policemen enter the cafe and take a seat. As the only people present, the villains are mistaken for waiters - with fatal consequences.

A new assignment for private detective Norman Hope: A valuable burger has been stolen from an important client. Will Norman Hope succeed in finding the stolen item? And what is the story behind the mysterious man dressed all in white who follows the investigator everywhere?

When fear no longer exists, Bobby is here to provide you with some primal instinct. In a our real world, which is always in turmoil, we take drugs to gain relief and peace. But in this fictional world of total peace, we take drugs to experience turmoil, so we can be more human again.

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

Jo, Harri, Nik and Beppo meet on a field to dig up their hidden loot. Their buddy Lenz is missing - they end up digging without his help. At the bottom of the ditch, they discover Lenz's body instead of the loot they were after. Nobody knew of the hiding place except for them - hence, one of them is a murderer. But who?

Mr. Bulge did not water the orchid from Mr. Belly. In order to escape responsibility, he spins a confusing web of lies and conspiracy theories, in which he eventually gets caught.

When Wilhelm decides to sell the house of his deceased mother Hildegard, she unexpectedly returns from the dead - in the shape of a murderous tin can.

Prof. Kuchen studies why cake makes people happy. The mood-boosting effect has never been clinically studied - until now.

René desperately needs a new haircut before he flies to New York. When he discovers a mysterious Viennese hairdressing salon, his initial joy is quickly overshadowed by worrying questions: Why was the hairdresser so hesitant to let him in? Why did she lock the front door? Was it wise to ask a stranger for a shave? And who is that pale old man next to him, who neither speaks nor moves?

Norbert had actually planned to leave already. But an accident has left him bedridden and forces him to spend the time after Christmas with his mother as well.

Egon Wendrinzky's relaxed everyday life in his allotment garden is about to come to an abrupt end. Will he succeed in defending his personal paradise against the dark forces trying to rob him of his happiness?

While trying to sneak his way into the Austrian film academy, Peskador is caught by two watchmen who start questioning him. Fortunately for him, he carries with him a magic keyboard: he takes a stance and starts to play. Singers, musicians, parents, nuns, filmmakers and sailors come to his aid in answering some interesting questions.

The unemployed dictator Udo Schmitt is looking for a new country to rule. He begins his journey like any other unemployed person: at the employment office.

Film festival director Evelyn Bichlinger has only a few hours left until the awards ceremony. Unfortunately, the short film jury has disappeared, without telling anyone which short film will receive an award. An adventurous search begins!

A new cameraman rides into town. The film crew is already waiting for him by the dolly tracks, looking stern. Will Ferdi “The Kid” manage to convince the leader of his abilities?

A bounty hunter disguises himself as a Native American to posthumously convict a deceased criminal - with unexpected difficulties.

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.

Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).