Showing posts with label Karl Markovics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karl Markovics. Show all posts

Friday, 13 January 2023

Indien (1993)


 

Heinzi Boesel and Kurt Fellner are two Austrian health inspectors forced to work together, traveling through Austria. Over time a friendship evolves between the odd couple who couldn't stand each other initially; a friendship that even overcomes the boundaries of great tragedy.

Excellent tragicomedy may irritate (and shock) some with its rough, but authentic Austrian language and humor, but it's actually the story of an endearing friendship in the making and also transports a slight metaphysical message (with a wink). 



Saturday, 12 January 2019

Maria Theresia (2017)



Biopic of Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (German: Maria Theresia; 1717-1780) who was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg.

Well-produced biopic is otherwise TV standard concerning storytelling and performances.


Friday, 4 January 2019

Nanga Parbat (2010)



Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.

Despite some great mountaineering cinematography, the actual tragedy gets a more cursory than emotional treatment.