Best Austrian drama series
A curated collection of popular drama series from Austria.
Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne (2017)
Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne (2017)
Known as The Last Knight for his bravery and battle skills, the great European emperor Maximilian and his story is as spectacular as it is familiar: It is the story of a prince who must learn to be king. But above all, it is the struggle of a son who steps out of his father's shadow with the help of a most unexpected ally: Marie de Bourgogne.
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna (1986)
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna (1986)
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna is a 1986 TV movie, starring Amy Irving, Rex Harrison, Olivia de Havilland, Omar Sharif, and Jan Niklas. The film was loosely based on the story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and the book The Riddle of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth. It was Christian Bale's first film and Rex Harrison's last film. It was originally broadcast in two parts.
Lena Lorenz (2015)
Lena Lorenz (2015)
Midwife Lena is fed up with the hectic life in Berlin, spontaneously packs her bags and drives to her parents' farm in Bavaria. But not only pure alpine idyll awaits there, her mother is initially not at all happy about her return. Grandfather Leo also nags, as always, and her best friend Julia doesn't welcome her with open arms either.
Trakehnerblut (2018)
Trakehnerblut (2018)
The Viennese bakery employee Alexandra Winkler surprisingly inherits a Trakehner stud. Alex grew up with foster parents and, before the will was opened, had thought that her birth parents had died in a traffic accident. Now she not only gets a stud, but also three half siblings: Maximilian, Silvia and Leander. While Alexandra feels a longing for family, she has to learn to defend herself against the hostility of Maximilian and his lover Maggie. At the same time, a sinister family secret is gradually being revealed.
Die Leute von St. Benedikt (1993)
Die Leute von St. Benedikt (1993)
Das Glück dieser Erde (2011)
Das Glück dieser Erde (2011)
Tage, die es nicht gab (2022)
Tage, die es nicht gab (2022)
Mária Terézia (2017)
Mária Terézia (2017)
The young Maria Theresia sees her life clearly in front of her: she will marry Franz Stephan of Lorraine and start a family of many with him. Even if Franz Stephan is not quite sure of his luck and her father, Emperor Charles VI, and his powerful advisor Prince Eugene of Savoy forge quite different plans for them. It looks quite as if the young archduchess must sacrifice her happiness to the cause of the state
Der Spritzen-Karli (1994)
Der Spritzen-Karli (1994)
Der alte Richter (1969)
Der alte Richter (1969)
Confessions of Felix Krull (1982)
Confessions of Felix Krull (1982)
Based on unfinished 1954 novel by the German author Thomas Mann. It is a parody of Goethe's autobiography Poetry and Truth, particularly in its pompous tone.
Die Alpensaga (1976)
Die Alpensaga (1976)
A six-part film series addressing the problems of rural Austria from 1900 to 1945. Contrary to the traditional "Heimatfilm", the Alpensaga detaches itself from typical clichés and tries to depict a critical view of societal structures of the time. World history is shown from the view of a peasant family living in a small village in Upper Austria.
Via Mala (1985)
Via Mala (1985)
A family who lives in the Swiss Alpes at the end of the 1920s is abused by a tyrannical drunkard.
Radetzky March (1995)
Radetzky March (1995)
Nicht verzagen - Stangl fragen (1964)
Nicht verzagen - Stangl fragen (1964)
Auf immer und ewig (1995)
Auf immer und ewig (1995)
Luftkreuz Südost (1966)
Luftkreuz Südost (1966)
Lebenslinien (1983)
Lebenslinien (1983)
Stories about four generations of women – their life at home and at work, their private and political relationships with the years.
Der Winzerkönig (2006)
Der Winzerkönig (2006)
Der Winzerkönig is an Austrian television series.
Lemmings (1979)
Lemmings (1979)
This two-part drama examines the fate of the generation of Germans which came of age after World War II. The first part, "Arcadia," depicts the generational gap between 1950s teenagers and their parents, while the second part, "Injuries," shows this same group of characters twenty years later as they have grown up to become dysfunctional and suicidal adults. Regarded as the most significant of Michael Haneke’s early works, "Lemmings" contains incipient treatments of many of the themes he would later elaborate on in his theatrical features.
Heiteres Bezirksgericht (1987)
Heiteres Bezirksgericht (1987)
Mit meinen heißen Tränen (1986)
Mit meinen heißen Tränen (1986)
Austrian miniseries.
Verkaufte Heimat (1989)
Verkaufte Heimat (1989)
A film series that deals with the historical developments in South Tyrol between 1938 and the mid-1960s. This critical period is illustrated by the history of three families: the Rabensteiner's, the Tschurtschenthaler's and the Oberhollenzer's. In 4 parts VERKAUFTE HEIMAT shows the fate and conflicts of these families and their connections to local, national and international history.
Ringstraßenpalais (1980)
Ringstraßenpalais (1980)
Ringstraßenpalais is an Austrian television series.
Schade um Papa (1995)
Schade um Papa (1995)
Ein idealer Kandidat (1997)
Ein idealer Kandidat (1997)
