Mephisto (1981)
In early 1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reichs doctrine, or face oblivion But, Faustian bargains never end well What is the price of success
Colonel Redl (1985)
Set during the fading glory of the Austro Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl Brandauer, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become e
Hanussen (1988)
A mans story parallels Hitlers rise Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr Emil Bettleheim Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that c