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Contact High (film)
''Contact High'' is a 2009 Austrian comedy film directed by Michael Glawogger and starring Michael Ostrowski and Raimund Wallisch. The film showed at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2009 out of competition. Cast * Michael Ostrowski as Max * Raimund Wallisch as Johann * Pia Hierzegger as Mao * Georg Friedrich (actor), Georg Friedrich as Schorsch * Detlev Buck as Harry References External links * 2009 comedy films 2009 films Austrian comedy films 2000s German-language films {{Austria-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Glawogger
Michael Glawogger (3 December 1959 – 23 April 2014) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. From 1981 to 1982, Glawogger studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, and from 1983 to 1989 at the Vienna Film Academy. Like fellow Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, with whom he collaborated several times, he was mainly known for his documentary films, such as ''Megacities'' (1998), ''Workingman's Death'' (2005) and '' Whores' Glory'' (2011). In 2008 he was a member of the jury at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. Other works In 2013, Glawogger contributed one chapter to "Cathedrals of Culture", a 3-D film on architecture produced by Wim Wenders. Death and legacy Four days after incorrectly being diagnosed with typhus, he died from malaria on 22 April 2014 shortly before midnight in Monrovia, Liberia during a movie production. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ostrowski
Michael Ostrowski (born 3 January 1973) is an Austrian actor, screenwriter, and presenter. He has appeared in more than forty films since 2002. Selected filmography References External links * 1973 births Living people Austrian male film actors {{Austria-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimund Wallisch
''Raimund'' is thought to be a variant of the name Raymond. Raimund may refer to: * Ferdinand Raimund (1790-1836), Austrian actor and dramatist * Raimund Theater, a theatre in the Mariahilf district of Vienna, Austria People with the given name Raimund: * Baron Raimund von Stillfried (1839-1911), Austrian photographer * Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), Austrian architect * Raimund Bethge (born 1947), East German bobsledder * Raimund Herincx (born 1927), British operatic bass baritone * Raimund Krauth (1952–2012), German footballer * Raimund Kull (1882–1942), Estonian conductor and composer * Raimund Hermann Siegfried Moltke (born 1869), German writer and economist * Raimund Marasigan (born 1971), Filipino rock musician and record producer * Raimund Pigneter (20th century), Italian luger * Raimund Riedewald (born 1986), Dutch footballer See also * Raimond * Raymund Schwager Raymund Schwager (1935–2004) was a Swiss Roman Catholic priest and theologian, and member of the Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 3 to 11 July 2009. The Crystal Globe was won by ''Angel at Sea'', a Belgian-Canadian drama film directed by Frédéric Dumont. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by ''Twenty'', an Iranian drama film directed by Abdolreza Kahani. Juries The following people formed the juries of the festival: Main competition *Claudie Ossard, Grand Jury President (France) *Maria Bonnevie (Sweden) *Sergey Dvortsevoy (Russia) *Niki Karimi (Iran) *Rodrigo Plá (Mexico) *Kenneth Turan (USA) *Ivan Zachariáš (Czech Republic) Documentaries * György Báron, Chairman (Hungary) * David Courier (USA) * Tiziana Finzi (Italy) * Vít Janeček (Czech Republic) * Jiska Rickels (The Netherlands) East of the West * Bojidar Manov, Chairman (Bulgaria) * Birgit Beumers (Germany) * Maria Procházková (Czech Republic) * Jānis Putniņš (Latvia) * Michael Wellner-Pospíšil (Czech Republic, France) Official selection awards The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Hierzegger
Pia Hierzegger (born 2 February 1972) is an Austrian actress. She has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2004. Selected filmography References External links * 1972 births Living people Austrian film actresses {{Austria-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Friedrich (actor)
Georg Friedrich (born 31 October 1966) is an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1984. In 2017 he played in the German movie ''Wild'' by Nicolette Krebitz. He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival for his performance in the film ''Bright Nights ''Bright Nights'' (german: Helle Nächte) is a 2017 German drama film directed by Thomas Arslan. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival The 67th annual Be ...''. Selected filmography References External links * 1966 births Living people Austrian male film actors Silver Bear for Best Actor winners {{Austria-actor-stub Male actors from Vienna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detlev Buck
Detlev Buck (; born 1 December 1962 in Bad Segeberg) is a German film director, actor, producer and screenwriter. Life and work From his first short film at the age of 21 in 1982, ', he has remained one of the most important filmmakers working in Germany. His first feature, 1991's '' Karniggels'', put him on the international radar and since then he has continued to make both short and feature films. He is known for making cameo appearances in his work and acting in films of fellow directors. A nice example of his acting skills can be seen in '' Blue Moon''. Selected filmography As director * 1984: ' * 1991: ' (with Bernd Michael Lade, Ingo Naujoks and Julia Jäger) * 1993: '' No More Mr. Nice Guy'' (with Joachim Król, Horst Krause and Sophie Rois) * 1996: '' Jailbirds'' (with Til Schweiger, Marie Bäumer and Heike Makatsch) * 1999: ' (with Moritz Bleibtreu and Heike Makatsch) * 2000: ' (with Anke Engelke) * 2006: '' Tough Enough'' (with David Kross) * 2007: '' Hände weg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Comedy Films
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the Brahmi numerals, beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an Ascender (typography), ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Films
The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards). Evaluation of the year Film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: ''The Reader'', '' Che'', ''Slumdog Millionaire'', '' Frost/Nixon'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''The Wrestler'', ''Gran Torino'', '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being '' New Moon'', the latest in Stephenie Meyer's ''Twilight'' saga, the best the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Comedy Films
Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austrian Airlines (AUA) ** Austrian cuisine ** Austrian Empire ** Austrian monarchy ** Austrian German (language/dialects) ** Austrian literature ** Austrian nationality law ** Austrian Service Abroad ** Music of Austria **Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) * L'Autrichienne (other) is the feminine form of the French word , meaning "The Austrian". It may refer to: *A derogatory nickname for Queen Marie Antoinette of France *L'Autrichienne (film), ''L'Autrichienne'' (film), a 1990 French film on Marie Antoinette with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
