Directed by:
Michael HanekeCinematography:
Anton PeschkeCast:
Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel, Georg Friedrich, Elisabeth Rath, Silvia Fenz, Georges Kern, Robert Dietl, Meat Loaf (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Based on a true story, Haneke's first theatrical feature is a disturbing portrait of familial disintegration which he describes as a depiction of his native Austria s progressive emotional glaciation. Set over a three year period, it documents how the mundane day to day routines of a middle class family alienate them from the world and each other until, suddenly and shockingly, their lives self-destruct. Addressing themes that would inform much of his later work the breakdown of society, violence and the media The Seventh Continent is both intelligent and masterfully composed. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
Birgit Doll
Austria
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Hard to Be a God (1989)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Dieter Berner
Austria
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (2016)
Leni Tanzer
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
The Moor's Head (1995)
Udo Samel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Die Rebellion (1993) (TV movie)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Georg Friedrich
Austria
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Elisabeth Rath
Austria
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Silvia Fenz
Austria
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Georges Kern
Austria
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Die Rebellion (1993) (TV movie)
Robert Dietl
Austria
Best movies:
Diary of a Lover (1977)
Via Mala (1985) (series)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Meat Loaf (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
The Seventh Continent (1989) - a.f.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Jennifer Rush (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989) - a.f.
Fire, Ice & Dynamite (1990)