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1. Vienna Blood (2019– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, History
Max Liebermann, a medical student and protegé of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around 1900s Vienna.
Stars: Matthew Beard, Juergen Maurer, Amelia Bullmore, Conleth Hill
Votes: 8,281
2. Freud (2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Thriller
Young Czech-Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, investigates a murder conspiracy in 1880's Vienna.
Stars: Robert Finster, Ella Rumpf, Georg Friedrich, Christoph F. Krutzler
Votes: 13,308
3. Sunshine (1999)
R | 181 min | Drama, History, Romance
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 15,801 | Gross: $5.10M
4. Sisi & I (2023)
132 min | Biography, Drama, History
Countess Irma finds Empress Sisi in Greece, away from the etiquette of the Austro-Hungarian court. They live in freedom, but no matter how much they resist, in the end they are left with only one fatal path that will bind them forever.
Director: Frauke Finsterwalder | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Annette Badland, Tom Rhys Harries, Anthony Calf
Votes: 684
5. Mayerling (1968)
PG-13 | 140 min | Drama, History, Romance
Based on real life events that led to tragic deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Omar Sharif, Catherine Deneuve, James Mason, Ava Gardner
Votes: 1,759
6. Napszállta (2018)
R | 142 min | Drama, History
A young girl grows up to become a strong and fearless woman in Budapest before World War I.
Director: László Nemes | Stars: Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Evelin Dobos, Marcin Czarnik
Votes: 4,597 | Gross: $0.16M
7. The Ship Sails On (1983)
PG | 128 min | Drama, History, Music
In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier
Votes: 6,731
8. The Century of the Self (2002)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz
Votes: 6,363
9. Fall of Eagles (1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
Stars: Michael Hordern, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 667
10. Colonel Redl (1985)
R | 144 min | Biography, Drama, History
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 ... See full summary »
Director: István Szabó | Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe
Votes: 3,344 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Bet on Revenge (2017)
121 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Ernõ Blaskovich lost everything after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Kincsem, a magnificent horse gives a purpose of his meaningless, self-destructing life. He gets a chance to gain everything back: revenge, love and fame.
Director: Gábor Herendi | Stars: Ervin Nagy, Andrea Petrik, Tibor Gáspár, József Gyabronka
Votes: 6,265
12. A Breath of Scandal (1960)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Princess Olympia (Sophia Loren), despite her life status cannot resist the urge to satisfy her sexual appetites. Exiled to the countryside, Olympia falls in love with American millionaire Charlie Foster (John Gavin).
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, John Gavin, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 942
13. Mayerling (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He's bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father's, but he knows his views carry... See full summary »
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Marthe Régnier, Yolande Laffon
Votes: 955 | Gross: $0.24M
14. Sissi: The Young Empress (2015– )
TV-Y | 25 min | Animation
Elisabeth, a happy girl living in Bavaria, loves her family and animals, and has a rebellious soul.
Stars: Emanuela Ionica, Emanuele Ruzza, Alessandro Quarta, Luigi Morville
Votes: 30
15. The Devil's Lieutenant (1984 TV Movie)
206 min | Drama, History
In the pre-WWI Austro-Hungarian Empire, an older officer (Capt. Kunze) investigates a brilliant junior officer (Lt. Dorfrichter) suspected of complicity in a murder by poisoning.
Director: John Goldschmidt | Stars: Helmut Griem, Ian Charleson, Barbara De Rossi, Claudine Auger
Votes: 18
16. The Secret of Mayerling (1949)
90 min | Drama
On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Marais, Dominique Blanchar, Claude Farell, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 71
17. Mercenaries' Trap (1981)
111 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1918 a defeated Austro-Hungarian Baron Colonel Von Görtz returns home to Transylvania which has just been lost to Romania. A vengeful Von Görtz punishes the nearby villagers but Romanian Major Tudor Andrei aids them.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Gheorghe Cozorici, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Mircea Albulescu, Ion Besoiu
Votes: 441
18. The Carpathian Castle (1981)
88 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
In late 19th century, a Transylvanian revolutionary fleeing the Imperial authorities goes to Italy where he meets a beautiful soprano who later disappears under mysterious circumstances.
Director: Stere Gulea | Stars: Maria Banica, Avram Besoiu, Ion Caramitru, Cornel Ciupercescu
Votes: 105
19. Bozská Ema (1979)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová (Bozidara Turzonovová) is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia. As an ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Bozidara Turzonovová, Gabriela Benacková, Juraj Kukura, Jirí Adamíra
Votes: 116
20. Svejk
Comedy, Drama, War | Announced
Adaptation of novel "Osudy dobrého vojáka Svejka za svetové války" by Jaroslav Hasek.
Director: Bohdan Sláma | Star: Pavel Liska
21. Prisoners of War (1995)
64 min | Documentary, War
Archive footage documents the World War One wartime displacement of ethnically diverse prisoners of war, civilian refugees and orphans. Placed in a labor camp, they are stripped, showered ... See full summary »
Directors: Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Votes: 45
22. Kultur (1918)
60 min | Drama, War
Just prior to World War I, the Kaiser sends Baron von Zeller to inform Emperor Franz Josef of Austria that he is ready to declare war on France. Sensing the impending crisis, the French War... See full summary »
Director: Edward LeSaint | Stars: Gladys Brockwell, Georgia Woodthorpe, William Scott, Willard Louis
23. Tannenberg (2017 Video Game)
War
Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front.
Votes: 28
24. Czechoslovakia on Parade (1938)
Passed | 9 min | Documentary, Short
This entry in James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks series looks at Czechoslovakia, before World War II, including images of bridges, churches, and castles in Prague, with a non-military parade through the city.
Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 112
25. At the Crossroads of Great Storms (1980)
86 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1848 during the tumultuous era of European revolutions shaking the continent out of its feudal-based empire-based system the Wallachian politician Nicolae Balcescu is trying to reach the same revolutionary goals at home.
Director: Mircea Moldovan | Stars: Vlad Radescu, Cornel Ciupercescu, Constantin Codrescu, Silviu Stanculescu
Votes: 41
26.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Mayerling
(1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunting lodge there, in 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf--desperate over his father's command to put ... See full summary »
Directors: Kirk Browning, Anatole Litvak | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn, Lorne Greene, Diana Wynyard
Votes: 130
27.
Énigmes de l'histoire (1956–1957)
Episode:
Le secret de Mayerling
(1956)
102 min | History, Mystery
Director: Stellio Lorenzi | Stars: Jean Pâqui, Pierrette Bruno, Roger Carel, Jacques Mauclair
28.
World's Greatest Palaces (2019)
Episode:
Schönbrunn Palace
(2019)
Documentary, History
New. Behind the scenes of Schonbrunn Palace in Austria, which is located in a 500-acre park and includes an orangery, palm house and one of Europe's oldest zoos.
Stars: Christien Anholt, Maywen Burbridge, Jacob Carter, Bill Clinton
Votes: 7
29.
Amazing Train Journeys (2011– )
Episode:
Autriche
(2020)
Documentary
Beginning of the journey in Uttendorf-Stubachtal: a train (Pinzgauer Lokalbahn) which reaches the local ski places and then the people can take directly the lifts to the top of the ... See full summary »
Director: William Japhet | Star: Philippe Gougler
30.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
WWI: Germany's Secret Gambles
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
As the armies of World War One struggled under an onslaught of terrifying weapons, the German government broke the stalemate and issued in a new era of warfare by turning to covert operations.
Stars: Charlton Heston, Jean-Jacques Becker, Jules Witcover, Mark Seaman
31.
Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode:
The Balkans Tinderbox
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War
A look at the secret forces behind the strife throughout the Balkan States. From a single gunshot in Sarajevo that started WWI to the Nazi occupation in WWII, to "ethnic cleansing" and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Charlton Heston, Shashi Tharoor, Mark Ryavec, Vladislav Jovanovic
32.
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler (2011)
Episode:
La menace
(2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, War
Hitler's charismatic speeches may have won the impoverished but would the National Socialist Party risen to power without the Great Depression?
Director: Isabelle Clarke | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Richard Lintern, Doug Rand, Hans Baur
Votes: 145
33.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
WWI from the Austro-Hungarian Perspective
(2021)
17 min | Documentary, Animation
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, crown prince of Austria-Hungary triggered World War One. While most people think of England, France, Germany and Russia as being the major ... See full summary »
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
34.
The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode:
How Prussia Ended the French Empire: Franco-Prussian War
(2021)
28 min | Documentary, Animation
The Armchair Historian discusses how the new German Confederation was able to destroy France's Second Empire in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.
Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen
35.
Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich (2023–2024)
Episode:
Ferdinand Porsche
(2024)
Documentary, History, War
The designer of one of the most popular car brands in history, Ferdinand Porsche would not have seen his success without the support of Adolf Hitler.
Director: James Wright | Stars: Shalina Patel, Nigel Jones, Karl Ludvigsen, Guy Walters
36.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
François Ferdinand ou la fin du monde
(2014)
Biography, History
About Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 is generally seen as the event marking the outbreak of Word War One.
Director: David Jankowski | Star: Stéphane Bern