Josef Griesser

Acting

Josef Griesser

Born 1937-01-01

Acting credits

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

Die Hebamme - Auf Leben und Tod poster
6.0

The heroine is a traveler between worlds and times. Between the authorities of 1813, the church and science, Rosa Koelbl remains a stranger. The time is not yet ripe for the values ​​this woman embodies.

Die Hebamme - Auf Leben und Tod

2010

Flashback poster
5.4

A young woman is released from an asylum where she has been since witnessing the murder of her parents, but violence continues to haunt her.

Flashback

2000

Idomeneo poster
NR

Idomeneus, King of Crete, one of the great heroes during the total destruction of the famous city of Troy was sailing back to his realm when a terrible storm broke loose near the city of Sidon. The storm was of such violence that in his fear Idomeneus made a solemn promise to Neptune, God of the Seas, to sacrifice the first person -no matter who it be- that he would meet on the shore if he and his people would only get there safely.

Idomeneo

1988

Tunnel-Child poster
8.0

1969. The Prague Spring has been demolished. New barbed wire installations have been erected. Julia, who is thirteen, has moved with her mother to a village in northern Austria which lies on the Czech border. Julia has not spoken since her father's death. Her isolation increases in the village where she is an outsider. Provoked into proving her courage by some young villagers, she walks into no-man's land. She discovers a forgotten tunnel which leads to a construction site on the Czech side of the border. Julia makes the acquaintance of Roland, a forty-five-year-old surveyor, on "the other side". An ambivalent father-daughter relationship develops between them. Roman is the only one to whom she confides the secret of her border crossings. Due to his affection for her, she regains her ability to speak. And she starts to feel at ease with Alexander, who is her age. Roman makes new plans at Julia's urging. The insurmountable border foritfications will remain vulnerable . . .

Tunnel-Child

1990

Final Settlement poster
7.0

An irreparable mistake in a case of abuse that drives the accused, a pastor, into suicide, prompted Kommissar Höllbacher to resign.

Final Settlement

2016

Adventure of Catherine C. poster
4.0

In Paris, unhappy movie actress Catherine Crachat becomes infatuated with the mathematician Pierre Indemini, but then breaks up with him. After a film shoot in Vienna, Catherine stays with a rich admirer, Fanny Hohenstein. Fanny has a history of many lovers of both sexes, two of whom killed themselves over her.

Adventure of Catherine C.

1990

No artwork available
NR

A milieu drama which boldly and thoroughly examines the social and psychological causes of a severely disturbed father-daughter relationship.

Hinter dem Regenbogen

1987

No artwork available
4.0

After years in Canada, Thomas, returning home, finds a rather frosty welcome. Bernhard has moved in with his girlfriend Maria and the children, and much else in the village is different. His brother Winnie manages the family farm and has a stable family, his rival Bernhard has a solid job, while 35-year-old professional athlete Thomas faces an uncertain future. As internal tensions grow, so does an external threat: After heavy snowfall, the village is to be evacuated due to the danger of avalanches...

Lawine

2007

Gefährliche Gefühle poster
9.0

A midwife is called to her lover's wife of all places.

Gefährliche Gefühle

2003

Die Versöhnung poster
5.7

Ten years have passed since Benedikt Stirner left his home in Bavaria after the fatal accident of his brother. Now he returns - the father is dying. But the strict family patriarch reacts dismissively, as does Benedict's brother, Anton. He is now betrothed to Benedict's great love Johanna and fears that his brother could take Johanna away from him. In fact, the two fall in love again. As a result, Benedict draws to Anton's open hatred. He does not suspect that Anton is the only one who knows the whole truth about the accidental death of his youngest brother.

Die Versöhnung

2008