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Hiob (1978)
Character: Schemarjah
In war-torn Galicia, devout Jew Mendel Singer’s family faces hardship: his eldest sons are conscripted - one flees to Austria, then America - while their frail newborn Menuchim is deemed unfit to emigrate. Torn between love and survival, Mendel must choose who goes to the New World.
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Am Ufer der Dämmerung (1983)
Character: Liedermacher
"On the Shore of Dusk" - Star journalist Thomas Bongart learns that he will only be alive for a short time due to his cancer. His girlfriend Lena learns of the terrible diagnosis and decides that if he has to die, she wants to end her life together with him.
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Polterabend (2003)
Character: Franz Fürst
The film is based on the figure of the police inspector Simon Polt of the Austrian author Alfred Komarek.
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Trokadero (1981)
Character: Theo Pichler
A comedy about love, money and alcohol. About someone who tries to exploit love to sell alcohol and get rich...
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Tot oder lebendig (1987)
Character: Bruno Morlock
A moderately successful detective with the state police takes in his twin sister's child, a 14-year-old boy who has never been sent to school, does not speak, but seems to possess unusual abilities. A strange bond develops between the two, which takes on irrational traits when it becomes clear that the boy has something to do with strange deaths and can apparently “conjure” the soul out of bodies.
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Himmel, Polt und Hölle (2002)
Character: Franz Fürst
Policeman Simon Polt is on cloud nine. He finally has the village teacher Karin in his arms. But soon he's forced to look into the depths of humanity again: the priest's cook has been found dead. Was it the gourmet critic? The feisty woman had poured soup over his head the night before, in shock at the sight of an illustrious dinner party...
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Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei (1996)
Character: Franz Navratil
Vienna, 1947. Bockerer and his wife Binerl have survived the war, though his butcher's shop was destroyed by bombs. Karl Bockerer opens up a new establishment in the center of the city. Post-war Vienna is divided into four zones in which the Allies run things and ensure that law and order prevails. This is the story of two lovers: Gustl, just returned form a POW camp, and the Russian interpreter Elena. Bockerer becomes the patron of their love. Elena's father was executed by Stalin, and the only way she can escape a similar fate is to marry an Austrian. Bockerer "buys" a husband for Elena and, full of tricks as ever, he succeeds in pulling the wool over the Russian occupier's eyes.
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Daniel Käfer - Die Villen der Frau Hürsch (2005)
Character: Toni Kalss
Editor-in-chief Daniel Käfer is unemployed. His magazine "Intelligence" was discontinued due to "too high a standard". Now he wants to think about his future in Ausseerland, where he spent his best summer vacations, but his return to the realm of his childhood turns out to be a dangerous labyrinth that entangles him in the dark secrets of the Ausseer people.
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Und ewig schweigen die Männer (2008)
Character: Rudi
Theo buys a Harley Davidson. He can afford it. Then he gets a young girlfriend and leaves his wife. However, this does not make Theo happier, but his soon-to-be ex Gabi. As everyone gets along better without him. Family, company, everything is going great. This is not how Theo imagined his new life. Increasingly, he wonders if he really is the jerk everyone thinks he is.
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The Salzburg Connection (1972)
Character: Liftboy
An American lawyer on vacation in Europe is asked by a book publisher to stop by the Austrian town of Salzburg to see a photographer who's taking pictures for a book on picturesque Austrian lakes. Upon his arrival he senses that something is wrong when the photographer seems to have vanished, leaving a near panic-stricken wife and a sinister, secretive brother. Before he knows it, the lawyer finds himself mixed up with spies, assassins, and the hunt for a list made up by the Nazis during World War II of people who collaborated with them.
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