The events in Sarajevo in June 1914 are the backdrop for a thriller directed by Andreas Prochaska and written by Martin Ambrosch, focusing on the examining magistrate Dr. Leo Pfeffer (Florian Teichtmeister) investigating the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Trying to do his job in a time of lawlessness and violence, intrigues and betrayal, Leo struggles to maintain his integrity and save his love, Marija, and her father, prominent Serbian merchant. But the events of Sarajevo have set into motion an inescapable course of events that will escalate to become … the Great War.

Colonel Redl

1985

German

7.4

♡ 2

84%

István Szabó Director

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Alfred Redl

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Thronfolger

István Hirtling as (uncredited)

Hans Christian Blech as von Roden

Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.

Sunshine

1999

English

7.4

♡ 23

74%

world war ii russian front

István Szabó Director

Rachel Weisz as Greta

Molly Parker as Hannah Wippler

Ralph Fiennes as Ignatz Sonnenschein / Adam Sors / Ivan Sors

Jennifer Ehle as Valerie Sonnenschein

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

The Round-Up

1966

Hungarian

7.5

♡ 2

85%

Miklós Jancsó Director

Jácint Juhász as

László Csurka as

József Madaras as Magyardolmányos

Zoltán Latinovits as Veszelka Imre

After the failure of the Kossuth's revolution of 1848, people suspected of supporting the revolution are sent to prison camps. Years later, partisans led by outlaw Sándor Rózsa still run rampant. Although the authorities do not know the identities of the partisans, they round up suspects and try to root them out by any means necessary.

Young Törless

1966

German

7.2

♡ 2

Volker Schlöndorff Director

Barbara Steele as Bozena

Jean Launay as Mathematiklehrer

Mathieu Carrière as Thomas Törless

Herbert Asmodi as Vater Törless

At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed novel, Young Törless launched the New German Cinema movement and garnered the 1966 Cannes Film Festival International Critics' Prize for first-time director Volker Schlöndorff.

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