Acting

Erwin Steinhauer

Born 1951-09-19 · Vienna, Austria

Acting credits

North Face poster
7.2

North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.

North Face

2008

The Dark Valley poster
7.0

The Alps, late 19th century. Greider, a mysterious lone rider who claims to be a photographer, arrives at an isolated lumber village, despotically ruled by a family clan, asking for winter accommodation.

The Dark Valley

2014

Fever poster
6.5

The married couple Carl and Vera Sylvester live far beyond their means. She is a regular customer at the Dorotheum art auctions, he puts up with Lilli, his lover, and has become addicted to gambling . Carl wants to use the business ruin to make a new start with his wife . He noticesnot that Vera has long since planned an infamous campaign of extermination against him .

Fever

1998

Der Prediger poster
7.0

Jan-Josef Geissler (Lars Eidinger) seems to have surprisingly found God. The man, once convicted of the murder of a young woman, presents himself as reformed and suddenly plans to study theology and become a priest, for which he seeks the support of the Church. The clergyman Ralf Remberg (Devid Striesow) is then tasked with verifying the sincerity of Geissler's motives to determine whether the incarcerated man is genuinely serious about the matter. However, the more Remberg delves into the case, the more he begins to question his own faith.

Der Prediger

2014

D.U.D.A! Werner Pirchner poster
NR

He's known as "Tyrol's Zappa" and a "real anarchist." Whether folk music, jazz or what's known as serious music, Werner "Preisegott" Pirchner has in a creative way greatly expanded upon the limited acoustic range of his homeland, enriching it with some unfamiliar sounds from around the globe. Whoever comes into contact with him, such as Josef Hader and Tobias Moretti, can sense the power of his music, lets it carry them away, and embraces it wholeheartedly.

D.U.D.A! Werner Pirchner

2014

Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book poster
5.3

Lilly was a normal girl with a healthy sense of adventure. That is, until she finds a magical book, complete with a funny little dragon, "Hector". With the help of her new friend and the book, Lilly has the ability to time-travel and truly satisfy her adventure- lust!.

Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book

2009

Headstand poster
6.5

A misunderstood youth is incorrectly placed in a mental hospital.

Headstand

1982

Zwei übern Berg poster
5.2

Alfons, the easy-going and extremely charming boss of "Betten Keilinger", can always rely on the loyalty of his secretary, the single Hannah Zorn: Tireless, creative, selfless, she has been at his side for many years. When he falls in love with the young designer Jette, he asks Hannah to be his right-hand woman and look after his neglected wife. Hannah, herself no stranger to Alfons' charm, gets caught up in a grueling relationship vortex - and not just her. But because Hannah has always been a very determined person, in the end Alfons has to fear losing everything: especially Hannah!

Zwei übern Berg

2012

Single Bells poster
7.3

Kati, successful advertising manager, dreams of a family with Jonas, who has been her boyfriend since eight years. As he doesn't like the plan at all, they start an argument. Kati finally decides to go to her sister Luise on Christmas instead of flying to Mauritius with Jonas. This turns out to be a bad idea because she isn't the only guest Luise's family has to bear... Kati, successful advertising manager, dreams of a family with Jonas, who has been her boyfriend since eight years. As he doesn't like the plan at all, they start an argument. Kati finally decides to go to her sister Luise on Christmas instead of flying to Mauritius with Jonas. This turns out to be a bad idea because she isn't the only guest Luise's family has to bear...

Single Bells

1997

O Palmenbaum poster
6.2

Kati and Jonas have planned to get married secretly during their Christmas trip to Mauritius - but in the end, Kati's entire family gets wind of the plan and shows up at the airport to accompany them.

O Palmenbaum

2000

Sarajevo poster
6.3

The events in Sarajevo in June 1914 are the backdrop for a thriller directed by Andreas Prochaska and written by Martin Ambrosch, focusing on the examining magistrate Dr. Leo Pfeffer (Florian Teichtmeister) investigating the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Trying to do his job in a time of lawlessness and violence, intrigues and betrayal, Leo struggles to maintain his integrity and save his love, Marija, and her father, prominent Serbian merchant. But the events of Sarajevo have set into motion an inescapable course of events that will escalate to become … the Great War.

Sarajevo

2014

Glücksbringer poster
5.8

Agnes, the proud managing director of a renowned Viennese jewelery business, has been happily married to the jeweler Leo Wieland for 17 years. He designs for her the exclusive collections and proves her despite the obvious age difference - Leo is a lot younger than his wife - every day his great love. But everything changes when Agnes receives a devastating diagnosis from her doctor: lung cancer. By chance, the couple will one day get to know little Max and his attractive mother Vera. In the terminally ill Agnes matures a plan: Vera would be a perfect partner for Leo.

Glücksbringer

2011

Servus Karl poster
NR

SERVUS KARL is an evil fictional reflection of a milieu in the face of its downfall. The observation of a world at a standstill, and of its characters that want to break out of it.

Servus Karl

2021

No artwork available
7.0

During his apprenticeship, Bruno Melzer is still full of hope that he will one day be able to escape the mediocrity of his life. But his dream of becoming the architect of his own fortune proves to be a fragile utopia: He marries a casual acquaintance while she is expecting his child. When his wife falls ill with cancer and dies years later, Melzer suddenly has to bear the responsibility of raising three children alone.

Herrenjahre

1983

The Miracle of Carinthia poster
6.3

A marriage couple find their daughter drowned in the pool house. At the hospital, the doctor refuses to give up and holds tightly to a remote hope of saving the girl.

The Miracle of Carinthia

2011

Jungwild poster
NR

Michel, 18, prefers partying and riding his motorcycle to thinking about his future. The complete opposite of his father, who enjoys hunting, peace and quiet, and has already planned everything for his future, especially his son's. As they head out for yet another hunting trip, these differences of opinion become impossible to live with.

Jungwild

2017

Snotty Boy poster
6.5

1960's Siegheilkirchen, a small town in the Austrian hinterland is steeped in reactionary and ultra-Catholic attitudes. The son of a hard-working innkeeper and his wife, called Snotty Boy by all and sundry, is at odds with the narrow-minded confines of his home town. But his unstoppable talent for drawing gives him an outlet for his discontent.

Snotty Boy

2022

Brüder II poster
4.6

Four years have passed since the unsuccessful search of the "brothers" Ernst, Ludwig and Adrian Stadler ended after a common father with the determination: "I have three still brothers". Ernst has now acquired fame with a cooking program on television. He lives separately from Iris The mother of his twins. Ludwig operates a well -walking bourgeois restaurant. Adrian helps in the kitchen there and, because of a side jump by friend Michael, moves from the shared apartment to Ludwig into the mother's house. The ratio of the three fake brothers still shapes the ratio of the three fake brothers. When Adrian processes the experiences of the father search in a novel and develop between Ludwig and Iris tender gang, even the resilience of Stadlerscher family gang seems to have finally exceeded their limits and their lust for the argument have lost the unifying force.

Brüder II

2003

No artwork available
10.0

Miranda and Josef's relationship is shaken when Anastasia enters the couple's life. The chronology of a partnership unfolds: from getting to know each other to the fading of passion.

Ihr glücklichen Augen

1992

No artwork available
8.0

The film is based on the figure of the police inspector Simon Polt of the Austrian author Alfred Komarek.

Wedding Shower

2003

Schon wieder Henriette poster
5.2

The art restorer Henriette Frey moves from Vienna to Krems to live with her friend, the musician Ferdinand Sternheim. At a vernissage, Ferdinand introduces her to the gallery owner Hartmut Ille, who proudly presents the up-and-coming painter and new star in the art firmament Hubertus Krajczik. But Krajczik's up-and-coming career soon comes to an abrupt end.

Schon wieder Henriette

2013

Das Tattoo - Tödliche Zeichen poster
5.8

Karl and Paula work as specialist divers in Vienna, while their former friend Fred runs a diving school in Croatia. While surveying Vienna's underground, Karl and Paula come across a system of catacombs in which they discover valuable burial objects and a mummified corpse with numerous tattoos. When Karl has an accident during his explorations, Fred is asked for help by Paula. Neither of them suspect what they will soon be involved in.

Das Tattoo - Tödliche Zeichen

2000

The Mysterious Stranger poster
7.5

The film version of the same-titled book by Mark Twain. A young printer's apprentice imagines himself back in the days of Guttenberg, helping him to print the Bible. The next thing he knows he has conjured up a young spirit from the future who casts spells over striking printers and causes general mischief.

The Mysterious Stranger

1982

Der Täter poster
NR

Jakob Kisch loves Impressionist art. Therefore, the coach driver leads a double life as a gentleman robber. However, during his final heist, his heart fails. Only thanks to his cunning does he escape—and the Monet was only a copy anyway. During preventative care at the hospital, he overhears Police Chief Fellinger engaging in corrupt dealings. Kisch's sense of justice is alarmed.

Der Täter

2010