Maresi Riegner

The story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria told from the point of view of her lady-in-waiting, Irma Sztáray. Far from the kitschy “Sissi” cliché, she portrays a woman who, for years without her husband, surrounded only by women, ventured on journeys throughout Europe, mastered six languages, practiced high-performance sports and did not fit at all into the tight corset of the Viennese court.

Viena, 1938. Los nazis acaban de anexionarse Austria y el notario Josef Bartok sabe que está en grave peligro. Mientras se prepara para huir, es detenido por la Gestapo y encerrado en un hotel reconvertido en prisión. Solo saldrá de allí si colabora con los nazis. Bartok no está dispuesto a ceder. Pero aislado, la soledad empieza a hacer mella en él hasta que consigue robar un libro de ajedrez, que será su punto de apoyo para mantenerse cuerdo y convertir la resistencia en un juego.

En 1906, una joven madre, Hanna, no quiere más que liberarse de su papel burgués y sus limitaciones sociales. Huye al Monte Verità, donde, rodeada de la naturaleza idílica del cantón del Tesino y dedicándose en cuerpo y alma y con valentía al arte, se enfrenta a una dolorosa decisión. ¿Podrá volver con su familia sin renunciar a sí misma?

The dress is too lavish and the toilet cubicle too small for the bride to fit in. The ballroom is jam-packed and the mood is alarmingly good. Something is about to burst: the groom’s delusion of grandeur? The pregnant belly of deaf Betti? Her step-father’s patience? Or the wine-filled bladder of his ex-wife?

A female corpse was found in a Alpine lake. Inspector Lisa Kuen cancels her vacation, and takes over the case, because she grew up in the next village and is familiar with the area and the people. To the displease of her college Alex.

The life of Karsten, a mortician, isn’t going that well at the moment. Just in time for Christmas, his parents inform him during the festive dinner that they want to commit suicide together. In five days. Usually used to death, he tries everything to convince the dear mother Marion and the father Theodor, suffering from Parkinson’s disease, not to pursue their plan. But the conflict about the self-determined death opens up old wounds – and as Karsten’s own health deteriorates rapidly, it is no longer clear who needs to be saved.

In the last days of World War II, Gauleiter Eigruber ordered the blasting of the salt mine. Stolen art treasures are stored there. The villagers oppose it.

18th century Vienna. Maria Theresia von Paradis, a gifted piano player and close friend of Mozart's, lost her eye-sight as a child. Desperate to cure their talented daughter, the Paradis entrust Maria to Dr. Mesmer, a forward-thinking-physician who gives her the care and attention that she requires. With the doctor's innovative techniques of magnetism, Maria slowly recovers her sight. But this miracle comes at a price as the woman progressively starts to lose her gift for music.

School’s out at last! Jojo wants to spend the summer with her boyfriend Toni and his crazy band. Sleeping in the old camper, celebrating, and playing concerts. The problem is just that Jojo is pregnant, her father got wind of it, and lately Toni has been making out with the drummer Milli.

Viena, Austria, 1910. El joven pintor Egon Schiele es un artista en alza, provocador y libre, cuya obra, caracterizada por el erotismo, escandaliza tanto como fascina a los amantes del arte.

The Ballade of Tubbie, Tim, Jojo, Birdie and Marie, tells in seven chapters the story of five teenagers, who have found a substitute family in each other.

Historia de la escritora y pacifista austríaca Bertha von Sutter, que dejó su país natal para trabajar en París con el gran químico Alfred Nobel. A pesar de que había un gran afecto entre los dos, Bertha volvió a su tierra para casarse con otro hombre, aunque nunca dejó de mantener correspondencia con Nobel.