Movies & Series

Austria's unconventional charm

The original "Austro cinema" and its very special narrative styles

Barbara Albert, Michael Haneke, Michael Glawogger, Götz Spielmann and Ulrich Seidl, among others, stand for a new generation of filmmaking. If there is one thing these highly individual directors have in common, it is their tendency towards a "ruthless", bizarre, shameless and often disturbing narrative. Their pleasure in the enigmatic oscillates between morbid charm and bizarre humour, to which Ulrich Seidl says: "We allow ourselves to be treated unsparingly." (Photo: "Wilde Maus" by and with Josef Hader)

Barbara Albert, Michael Haneke, Michael Glawogger, Götz Spielmann and Ulrich Seidl, among others, stand for a new generation of filmmaking. If there is one thing these highly individual directors have in common, it is their tendency towards a "ruthless", bizarre, shameless and often disturbing narrative. Their pleasure in the enigmatic oscillates between morbid charm and bizarre humour, to which Ulrich Seidl says: "We allow ourselves to be treated unsparingly." (Photo: "Wilde Maus" by and with Josef Hader)

Barbara Albert, Michael Haneke, Michael Glawogger, Götz Spielmann and Ulrich Seidl, among others, stand for a new generation of filmmaking. If there is one thing these highly individual directors have in common, it is their tendency towards a "ruthless", bizarre, shameless and often disturbing narrative. Their pleasure in the enigmatic oscillates between morbid charm and bizarre humour, to which Ulrich Seidl says: "We allow ourselves to be treated unsparingly." (Photo: "Wilde Maus" by and with Josef Hader)