Arthur Schnitzler

Writing

Arthur Schnitzler

Born — Died

1862-05-15 — 1931-10-21

Place of birth

Vienna, Austrian Empire [now Austria]

Known for

Writing

Credits

17 titles

Arthur Schnitzler (15 May 1862 – 21 October 1931) was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is considered one of the most significant representatives of Viennese Modernism. Schnitzler’s works, which include psychological dramas and narratives, dissected turn-of-the-century Viennese bourgeois life, making him a sharp and stylistically conscious chronicler of Viennese society around 1900. Schnitzler's Jewish upbringing and the sexual content of his works made them controversial or banned in his time and beyond. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Schnitzler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Behind the camera

Dying poster
4.5

Morir revolves around the couple Luis and Marta, whose lives are paralyzed by the outbreak of a disease that is accompanied by guilt, lies and fear, testing the stability and love between them.

Dying

2017

Reigen poster
3.8

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.

Reigen

1973

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10.0

Vienna at the turn of the century. Christine loves the young student Fritz with all her heart. For him, however, the relationship is merely a carefree diversion from his complicated, dangerous affair with a married woman.

Liebelei

1958

Fräulein Else poster
8.0

TV adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s eponymous book with Edith Clever as the only film actress.

Fräulein Else

1987

Der einsame Weg poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der einsame Weg

1962

The Other poster
8.0

After his wife's death, a man makes a dramatic discovery that turns his life upside down.

The Other

2020

Der einsame Weg poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der einsame Weg

1987

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7.0

Hofreiter, who has a relationship with Natter's wife Adele, confronts Natter after the latter launches a newspaper advertisement linking the suicide of an admirer of Hofreiter's wife to Hofreiter himself. In his tried and tested manner, Hofreiter challenges his vis-a-vis to a duel, but contrary to all etiquette, Natter refuses and exposes Hofreiter's system of vain notions of honor by confronting him with "genuine feeling". Natter: "I am hopelessly in love with my wife. That happens, dear Hofreiter. Nothing helps. That's just the way it is." His revenge is of a different nature, because he gets out of Hofreiter's narcissistic game and disavows his deceptive maneuvers and strategies of shifting blame.

Das weite Land

1970

Das weite Land poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das weite Land

1960

Anatol poster
NR

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Anatol

1961

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9.0

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Das Märchen

1966

Das Wort poster
NR

Arthur Schnitzler's key piece describes the liaisons of his artist colleagues from the Cafe Central, Vienna. Behind the character "Treuenhof" is Peter Alterberg recognized, "Winkler" = Arthur Schnitzler, "Flatterer" = Frida Uhl, "Rapp" = Stefan Großmann, "Willi" = Hans Lang, "Van Zack" = Adolf Loos, and "Lisa" = Lina Loos.

Das Wort

1970

New Year's Eve poster
8.5

A short film made by Sirk at the end of his life with one of his students. An adaptation of Schnitzler, with Hanna Schygulla: a night of New Year’s Eve, when the family meal is finished, Hanna is in a window while a young man entertains her and talks of the one he loves but can’t join at that time.

New Year's Eve

1978

The Green Cockatoo poster
7.0

Silent amateur movie based on the "grotesque" play by Arthur Schnitzler.

The Green Cockatoo

1932

Love's Devotee poster
7.0

Two friends, Fritz and Theodor, make the acquaintance of Christine and Mizzi, who are also friends. Fritz is immediately captivated by Christine, who is bashful and modest as opposed to the eager, effervescent Mizzi. But even though the love between the two grows, Christine is not the only woman in Fritz’s life. His affair with a married woman will prove to have fatal consequences.

Love's Devotee

1914

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gefährtin

1954

Liebelei poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebelei

1969