Directing

Leopold Hainisch

Born 1891-11-01 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Acting credits

Begun in 1944/45, finished and released in 1949, this is a biography of the composer Carl Michael Ziehrer, who overcomes hypersensitivity in competitive situations which leads initially to failures in both career and romance.

Viennese Girls

1949

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No synopsis available yet.

Kathi - Der Stationsweg einer österreichischen Passion

1969

7.9

Albin Skoda embodies a frantic Adolf Hitler in his last days, scrambling to keep the Third Reich alive as morale within the bunker wanes and Berlin is encircled by enemy troops. Based on Michael A. Musmanno's book Ten Days to Die, Oscar Werner costars as fictional Nazi Hauptmann Wüst, a disillusioned middleman.

The Last Act

1955

10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dieses Lied bleibt bei dir

1954

5.6

When a plague breaks out in Hamburg, several people break out of quarantine and make their way out of the city... only to find that the plague is more widespread.

The Hamburg Syndrome

1979

6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Ulli und Marei

1948

10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Weg in die Vergangenheit

1954

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No synopsis available yet.

Protektionskind

1962

Behind the camera

8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Verschwender

1953

10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Romantische Brautfahrt

1944

7.5

After his stepbrother Jacob dies in an accident, farmer Matthias Ferner learns from Paula, Jacob's spouse of many years, that she and her two children will inherit the whole farm. She takes over command immediately, failing to realize that Matthias must feel like her servant. So he searches and destroys his brother's will and even swears perjury in court - but there's a witness he didn't count in.

The Farmer Forsworn

1941

9.0

The story of old farmer Grutz, who is considered a stubborn and unsociable man due to his unfriendly nature. His daughter Christine, a proud young woman, mocks young Hans, who asks for her hand in marriage, because of his humble origins. Later, she realizes her mistake, but Hans turns away from her. Meanwhile, Grutz suffers a serious injury while working in the fields and prepares for the end. But contrary to all expectations, he recovers and reconciles with his land, as well as with Hans and Christine.

Erde

1947

9.0

Produced by the Nazis in honor of the 150th anniversary of Mozart's death: a celebration of his music, as the film shows him traveling to Prague for the Don Giovanni premiere and inspired by his wife to compose the finale.

A Little Night Music

1939

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Austrian television version of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart from 1958.

The Tell-Tale Heart

1958

7.0

A dramatization of the melodramatic story that inspired the popular opera, Pagliacci.German language version of a film simultaneously shot in an Italian version.