This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of "New Austrian Cinema" and presents Austria as a film country to be taken seriously. The audience gets to see rare early works by well-known filmmakers as well as shots of landscapes that served as a source of inspiration and locations that have produced important Austrian films since the end of the 19th century.
Michael Haneke
Ulrich Seidl
Jessica Hausner
Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Barbara Albert
Nikolaus Wostry
Robert Dassanowsky
Paulina Moroder
Franz Gibran
Erni Mangold
Mark Bujdos
Victoria Preminger
Peter Kubelka
Maria Dammer
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Ruth Beckermann
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Michael Ostrowski
Peter Tscherkassky
Antonin Svoboda
Attila Boa
Christoph Waltz
Arash T. Riahi