German Is Spoken Here

From the erotic flirtation in the Alps to an oppressive walk in the park under the watchful eyes of crows, from the lust-driven intrigues between gods and warriors in ancient Greece to the absurd donquixoties of two musicologists in modern Vienna: German is spoken throughout here.
(Schillerhof – blue room)

Tage im August

Days in August

film still Tage im August
Fiction Germany
direction: Helena Herb

Two friends and the father of one of the two girls travel to the mountains for a weekend break, but sexual tension disturbs the harmony.

Tithonos & die Göttin der Morgenröte

Tithonos & the Goddess of Dawn

film still Tithonos & die Göttin der Morgenröte
Animation Germany
direction: Jörg Weidner

Cursed love between Greek gods and warriors: an erotic clay animation about desire, submission and decaying bodies.

Der Sieg der Barmherzigkeit

The Victory of Charity

film still Der Sieg der Barmherzigkeit
Fiction Austria
direction: Albert Meisl

The self-willed Viennese musicologist Szabo and his stiff colleague Fitzthum go in search of the lost costume of an Austrian beat band.

Krähen schiessen

Shooting Crows

film still Krähen schiessen
Experimental Switzerland
direction: Christine Hürzeler

Fog in a park. Crows in the fog. A homeless man sleeps between the trees, a woman disappears. Nothing escapes the crows' alert eyes.