Austrian Period Drama
by Burgwaechterchen | created - 23 Dec 2016 | updated - 5 months ago | PublicNo Ranking
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1. Amadeus (1984)
R | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 427,715 | Gross: $51.97M
2. Vergeßt Mozart (1985)
92 min | Music, Mystery, Thriller
In the dead of night, a few hours after Mozart's death, the usual suspects (Konstanze, Salieri, van Swieten, etc.) are summoned to Mozart's room by Count Pergen, head of the secret police, ... See full summary »
Director: Miloslav Luther | Stars: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Max Tidof, Wolfgang Preiss, Catarina Raacke
Votes: 99
3. Die Deutschmeister (1955)
106 min | Musical, Romance
Young Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his marching song "Die Deutschmeister".
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Magda Schneider, Gretl Schörg, Susi Nicoletti
Votes: 487
4. Sissi (1955)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the first of a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the vibrant young princess catches the eye of her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Josef.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz
Votes: 9,978
5. Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956)
107 min | Drama, History
The second in a trilogy of movies about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria, the film chronicles the married life of the young empress as she tries to adjust to formal and strict life in the palace and an overbearing mother-in-law.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 7,356
6. Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957)
109 min | Drama, History, Romance
The final film in a highly romanticized trilogy about Elisabeth "Sissi" of Austria finds the young empress traveling throughout Europe.
Director: Ernst Marischka | Stars: Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Gustav Knuth
Votes: 5,991
7. Kronprinz Rudolf (2006– )
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
A retelling of the tragic love affair between Austrian Archduke Rudolf and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Stars: Max von Thun, Vittoria Puccini, Omar Sharif, Christian Clavier
Votes: 459
8. Mayerling (1968)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, History, Romance
Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner
Votes: 1,758
9. Colonel Redl (1985)
R | 144 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become ... See full summary »
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe
Votes: 3,340 | Gross: $0.00M
10. The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
PG | 140 min | Drama, History, War
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem
Votes: 2,626
11. Die Standarte (1977)
120 min | Action, Romance, War
The setting is Belgrade, Oct 1918, the closing days of World War 1, and the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Director: Ottokar Runze | Stars: Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch, Viktor Staal, Verónica Forqué
Votes: 85
12. Radetzkymarsch (1994– )
255 min | Drama, History
At the battle of Solferino Joseph von Trotta, a lieutenant in the Slovenian infantry, is wounded while saving the life of the young Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph I. The Emperor rewards him ... See full summary »
Stars: Max von Sydow, Charlotte Rampling, Claude Rich, Tilman Günther
Votes: 217
13. Immortal Beloved (1994)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved, and the movie tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini, Johanna ter Steege
Votes: 26,208 | Gross: $9.91M
14. Copying Beethoven (2006)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode, Ralph Riach
Votes: 14,118 | Gross: $0.35M
15. Sisi (2021– )
60 min | Drama, History, War
"Sisi" follows the extraordinary life of empress Elisabeth of Austria. Modern, honest, and authentic. Told from the perspective of her closest confidants, the series takes a new look at the empress' life and reveals a multi-layered woman.
Stars: Jannik Schümann, David Korbmann, Marcus Grüsser, Dominique Devenport
Votes: 2,742
16. Freud (2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Thriller
Young Czech-Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, investigates a murder conspiracy in 1880's Vienna.
Stars: Robert Finster, Ella Rumpf, Georg Friedrich, Christoph F. Krutzler
Votes: 13,290
17. Hinterland (2021)
98 min | Crime, Drama, History
When an ex-prisoner of the Great War returns home and finds his comrades brutally murdered, he decides to bring the serial-killer to justice.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Murathan Muslu, Liv Lisa Fries, Max von der Groeben, Marc Limpach
Votes: 1,577
18. The Empress (2022– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two young people meet. A fateful encounter - the proverbial love at first sight. He is Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, she is Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Princess of Bavaria and the sister of the woman Franz is to marry.
Stars: Svenja Jung, Melika Foroutan, Devrim Lingnau, Philip Froissant
Votes: 14,637
19. Mademoiselle Paradis (2017)
97 min | Drama, History
A blind pianist living in 18th-century Vienna forms an extraordinary relationship with the physician who is trying to restore her sight.
Director: Barbara Albert | Stars: Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko, Katja Kolm
Votes: 802
20. Angelo (2018)
111 min | Drama, History, Romance
In early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European Comtesse to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo achieves prominence and becomes the Viennese court mascot until he decides to secretly marry a white woman.
Director: Markus Schleinzer | Stars: Makita Samba, Alba Rohrwacher, Larisa Faber, Kenny Nzogang
Votes: 412
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