Catalogue des films de « Dieter Pichler »

How does one picture somebody? Joerg Burger's film portrait of Elfie Semotan begins during fall in the south of Austria's province Burgenland. An old wine cellar has been converted to accommodate the archive of the protagonist. Photographs are...

Once a year, a very special train sets off on a journey through the Romanian countryside. Thousands of people gather along its route to enthusiastically greet and cheer some of the descendants of the last King of Romania travelling in those...

New technology raises new ethical dilemmas. And one of the greatest dilemmas is brought to a head in the formally conscious Austrian film 'The Third Opinion' – which even allows itself to do so with an edge of bone-dry irony.

The poets Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan, came to know each other in post-war Vienna. They had a vivid postal exchange. Two young actors, Anja Plaschg and Laurence Rupp, meet in a recording studio to read their letters. The tumultuous emotions...

The protagonists of "Seeing Voices" may not be able to hear, but that definitely does not leave them without words. Sign language represents a parallel universe full of magic and expressive power, which remains unexplored country for the vast...

This feature documentary portrays one of the most important museums in the world, Vienna’s Museum of Art History. It presents a unique look behind the scenes of this fascinating institution and encounters a number of charismatic protagonists and...

The best subject matter is often only just a few steps away. Director Michael Schindegger has been living with his father and brothers in an apartment building in the second district of Vienna, Leopoldstadt, at house "No. 7", for thirty years....

A night scene in Jackson, Mississippi: out on a street an Afro-American dance to rap music that can be heard from off camera.

"In the wake of Obama’s election, where does America stand on each citizen’s right to the “pursuit of happiness” enshrined in the Constitution? For Ruth Beckermann, the answer is not to be found in a succession of talking heads disserting...

The families of Sharon, Tom, Moishy and Sophie are get- ting ready for their twelve-year-old children’s Bar or Bat Mitzva. André, an expert of special-occasion videos, had no Bar Mitzva party of his own. He is preparing a “Zorro” clip with...