A list of films produced in the Cinema of Austria in the 1980s ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see :Category:Austrian films.
1980s
Title Director Cast Genre Studio/Notes 1980 Das eine Glück und das andere Axel Corti Suzanne von Borsody, Peter Simonischek, Hans Brenner Drama Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung Herbert Vesely Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann Exit... nur keine Panik (Exit - Just Don't Panic) Franz Novotny Paulus Manker, Hanno Pöschl, Isolde Barth, Eddie Constantine Action comedy Günther Köpf Film / Terra-FilmFleischwolf (Meat grinder) Houchang Allahyari Hanno Pöschl, , Drama Die kleine Figur meines Vaters Wolfgang Glück Ludwig Hirsch, Rudolf Wessely Drama Austrian-Hungarian-West German co-production 1981Anima – Symphonie phantastique Titus Leber Mathieu Carrière, Charo López Screened at the 1981 Cannes Film FestivalDer Bockerer Franz Antel Karl Merkatz Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival Mephisto István Szabó Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe, Karin Boyd Drama Hungarian-West German-East German-Austrian co-production (Beautiful Days) Martin Fritz, Johann Woschitz Drama (Student Gerber) Wolfgang Glück Gabriel Barylli, Werner Kreindl Drama Der Traum des Sandino (Sandino's Dream) Documentary filmed in Nicaragua Den Tüchtigen gehört die Welt (The World Belongs to the Thorough) Peter Patzak Crime film Beginning of the Kottan series Ein wenig sterben (Die a Little) Alfred Solm Drama 1982 Die Ausgesperrten (The Excluded) Franz Novotny Rudolf Wessely, Paulus Manker, Christine Kaufmann TV Drama Based on Wonderful, Wonderful Times by Elfriede Jelinek Comedy Max-Ophüls-Preis 1983 (The Inheritors) Nikolas Vogel, Robert Schauer Drama Bannert-Film Axel Corti Johannes Silberschneider, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Drama (Be Gentle, Penguin) , Heinz Hoenig Romantic comedy u. a. 1983 Angst (Fear) Gerald Kargl Erwin Leder, , , , Rudolf Götz Horror Herrenjahre Axel Corti Peter Simonischek Drama Hirnbrennen (Brain Burning) , , , Eva Kerbler Drama Karambolage , Satire Der Stille Ozean (The Silent Ocean) Xaver Schwarzenberger Hanno Pöschl, Marie-France Pisier Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival Tramps Peter Patzak Elliott Gould Der Weg ins Freie (The Road into the Open) Karin Brandauer Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Clarin Drama 1984 (Pale Blue Ink in a Lady's Hand) Axel Corti Krystyna Janda, Friedrich von Thun, Gabriel Barylli Drama Dear Karl Dicht hinter der Tür (Just Behind the Door) Malambo Peter Patzak Art Metrano, William Berger, Eddie Constantine Comedy Time Troopers (Morgengrauen) , Hannelore Elsner, Barbara Rudnik, Hans-Georg Panczak Science fiction 1985 Franz Novotny Hanno Pöschl, Olivia Pascal, Rainhard Fendrich, Mario Adorf Comedy Oberst Redl (Colonel Redl) István Szabó Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe Drama nominated for an Oscar and other awards Die Praxis der Liebe (The Practice of Love) Valie Export Adelheid Arndt, Rüdiger Vogler Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival Raffl Christian Berger Lois Weinberger, Dietmar Schönherr Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival Das zweite Schraube-Fragment Walter Andreas Christen Short Screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival 1986 Der Aufstand Peter Patzak Joachim Bißmeier, Monica Bleibtreu Drama Echo Park Robert Dornhelm Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Heinrich Schweiger comedy American-Austrian co-production Heidenlöcher (Hideouts) Wolfram Paulus Matthias Aichhorn, Albert Paulus Drama / new Heimatfilm Marwo-Film u. a. Entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival (Müller's Office) (Müller's Bureau) Christian Schmidt, Barbara Rudnik, Musical comedy / detective film Wega Film Axel Corti Gabriel Barylli Drama Thalia Welcome in Vienna Axel Corti Gabriel Barylli Drama Thalia 1987 38 – Auch das war Wien ('38 – Vienna Before the Fall) Wolfgang Glück Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles Literary film after Friedrich Torberg Nominated for an Oscar (Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community) Karin Brandauer Franziska Walser, August Schmölzer, Inge Maux Drama Gewitter im Mai (Storms in May) Xaver Schwarzenberger Gabriel Barylli, Drama Austrian-West German co-production (Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown) Franz Antel Oliver Tobias, Mary Crosby, Audrey Landers, John Phillip Law, Karin Dor, Mathieu Carrière, Rolf Hoppe, Zsa Zsa Gabor Musical / Biographical film Austrian-East German co-production Schmutz Paulus Manker Drama Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival Das weite Land (The Distant Land) Luc Bondy Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier Drama Austrian-West German co-production. Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival 1989 Der siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent) Michael Haneke , Birgit Doll, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel Drama Michael Haneke's cinefilm debut. Wega Film Ein Sohn aus gutem Hause Karin Brandauer , , Georg Friedrich, Felix von Manteuffel, Ewa Błaszczyk, , Walter Schmidinger Drama Sterben und Leben im Schloß (Death and Life in the Castle) Documentary Documentary film about Hartheim Euthanasia Centre Die toten Fische (The Dead Fishes) Michael Synek Joe Berger, Erwin Leder Drama
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