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''Indien'' is a 1993 Austrian tragicomic road movie directed by
Paul Harather Paul Harather (born 30 March 1965 in Mödling, Lower Austria) is an Austrian film director, producer and screenplay author. He is considered one of the early artists in Austria's new wave film (1990s to the present). Harather studied at the Univ ...
. It was Austria's submission to the 66th Academy Awards for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
, but it was not nominated.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences It is one of the most successful films of
Austrian Cinema Cinema of Austria refers to the film industry based in Austria. Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century when it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and that has continued to the present day. Producer Sascha Kolowrat-Kra ...
and has developed a cult following.


Plot

The main characters are Heinz Bösel (Josef Hader) and Kurt Fellner (Alfred Dorfer), who work for the tourist office in Lower Austria assessing guesthouses. Bösel is fond of beer and occasionally ill-behaved, while Fellner is more intellectual and refined, constantly asking his colleague Trivial Pursuit questions. However, they gradually bond as they travel around Austria. Later in the film, Fellner is taken ill and is diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer. Bösel helps Fellner fulfil his last wishes, which include playing on an organ (music), organ and going into the woods one last time to hear the birds. Fellner dies in his friend's arms, but the film ends optimistically when Bösel meets an Indian man who seems to be the reincarnation of his friend.


Awards

* Thomas Pluch Screenplay Prize to Alfred Dorfer and Josef Hader, 1993 * Grand prize of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 1994 * At the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in 1994, Prize of the Saarland Premier to director Paul Harather, and audience prize * Österreichischer Filmpreis in 1994


Cast

* Josef Hader - Heinzi Bösel * Alfred Dorfer - Kurt Fellner * Karl Markovics - Kirchingerwirt


See also

* Cinema of Austria * List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film


References


External links

* {{Authority control 1993 films 1993 comedy-drama films 1990s German-language films Austrian comedy-drama films