Ulrich Seidl

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Ulrich Maria Seidl is a director, screenwriter and producer. He does not consider himself a documentary filmmaker, but several of his films often blend fiction and nonfiction. He started his career with award-winning documentaries such as "Good News" (1990), "Animal Love (1995), and "Models" (1998). Seidl's first feature film "Dog Days" won the Special Jury Price at Venice Film Festival in 2001. "Import Export" (2007), the first film produce by his own company, was invited to the Cannes competition. So far Seidl has directed some 20 feature films, fictive or non fictive.

Most Popular Ulrich Seidl Trailers

Total trailers found: 42

Rimini Trailer (2022)

08 April 2022

Richie Bravo, once upon a time a successful pop star, chases after his faded fame in wintry Rimini. Trapped between permanent intoxication and concerts for busloads of tourists, his world starts to collapse when his adult daughter breaks into his life.

In the Basement Trailer (2014)

26 September 2014

Filmmaker Ulrich Seidl explores of the dark underside of the human psyche by entering Austrian basements fitted out as private domains for secrets and fetishes.

The Devil's Bath Trailer (2024)

08 March 2024

In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations.

Animal Love Trailer (1996)

29 August 1996

In conurbations where hundreds of thousands live alongside one another, in the era of a highly technological society, in which communication has never played such a significant role, man has become lonely.

Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden Trailer (2016)

07 October 2016

Vienna, Austria, 1910. The young painter Egon Schiele is a rising artist, provocative and free, whose work, characterized by eroticism, shocks as much as it fascinates art lovers.

Paradise: Hope Trailer (2013)

22 February 2013

Her mother in Kenya, 13-year-old Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp set in the Austrian countryside.

The Prom Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Ulrich Seidl applies his characteristically gentle eye to the wonderful people of his hometown of Horn, documented making fools of themselves during an annual student ball.

War in Vienna Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

A film about news, life and death. Before the media became so prevalent, we were concerned about our immediate neighborhood.

State of the Nation Trailer (2002)

03 August 2002

Four film-makers embark on a cinematic survey of Austria, documenting the political and social state of the nation and its people.

Sparta Trailer (2022)

05 October 2022

Ewald moved to Romania years ago. Now in his 40s, he seeks a fresh start. Leaving his girlfriend, he moves to the hinterland.

Models Trailer (1999)

26 February 1999

A revealing and devastating portrait of a trio of aspiring real-life Viennese models. Vivian will stop at nothing to be a magazine cover girl.

Lillian Trailer (2019)

05 December 2019

Lillian, stranded as an emigrant in New York, wants to walk back to her native Russia. Determined, she sets out on the long journey.

Wicked Games Trailer (2023)

25 January 2023

In Rimini (2022) and Sparta (2022), Ulrich Seidl followed the lives of two brothers, Richie and Ewald, respectively.

Moon Trailer (2024)

08 November 2024

Sarah, a former professional kickboxer from Vienna, accepts an offer to work as a personal trainer for a rich family in the Middle East.

Goodnight Mommy Trailer (2015)

08 January 2015

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return.

Dog Days Trailer (2001)

03 September 2001

Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.

Paradise: Love Trailer (2012)

27 April 2012

On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as "Sugar Mamas" —European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living.

Venice 70: Future Reloaded Trailer (2013)

28 August 2013

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Look 84 Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

Unfinished early documentary by Ulrich Seidl about a foto shooting with Sonja Kirchberger and Peter Baumann at the Tunisian seaside.

Sun Trailer (2022)

16 February 2022

Young women, Austrian style. Yesmin is Kurdish and wears a headscarf. She shoots a cheeky burqa video with Bella and Nati which makes the trio famous in the Muslim community.

Luzifer Trailer (2021)

11 August 2021

Johannes, an innocent, Kaspar Hauser-like man with the heart of a child, lives secluded in an alpine hut together with his eagle and his devout mother.

The Mozart Minute Trailer (2006)

25 January 2006

Twenty-eight well-known filmmakers living and working in Austria were invited by WIENER MOZARTJAHR 2006, to produce associative miniatures on Mozart.

Running on Empty Trailer (2020)

25 February 2020

Lisa Weber’s portrait of Claudia, who had a son when she was 15 and now lives together with him, her mother and her brother in Vienna, is an affectionate and gentle film about the passing of time and about what happens when seemingly nothing is happening.

Paradise: Faith Trailer (2013)

21 March 2013

For Anna Maria, paradise lies with Jesus, and she devotes her time to door-to-door missionary work. One day after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home—and soon prayers are replaced by fighting.

Ulrich Seidl - A Director at Work Trailer (2014)

05 October 2014

This cinematic portrait shows the Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work. The much-discussed ‘Seidl method’ is conveyed here vividly and directly: The camera watches over Seidl’s shoulder during the filming of his new production IM KELLER, and observes him at the rehearsals for his latest theatre production ‘Böse Buben / Fiese Männer’.

The Last Real Men Trailer (1995)

03 October 1995

Disappointed by failed relationships and the demands set by local women, more and more Austrians search for happiness in a marriage with women from Thailand and the Philippines.

Import/Export Trailer (2007)

18 October 2007

A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason.

Old People Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

'Old People' deals with a subject which was to preoccupy filmmaker Ulrich Seidl over many years and across a number of films: it portrays old people both at home and in nursing homes.

Safari Trailer (2016)

16 September 2016

Africa. In the wild expanses, where bush-bucks, impalas, zebras, gnus and other creatures graze by the thousands, they are on holiday.

Veni Vidi Vici Trailer (2024)

13 September 2024

The Maynards and their children lead an almost perfect billionaire family life. Amon is a passionate hunter, but doesn’t shoot animals, as the family's wealth allows them to live totally free from consequences.

Pictures at an Exhibition Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

What does modern art mean for ordinary visitors to an exhibition?

Jesus, You Know Trailer (2005)

25 August 2005

Six Catholics share their thoughts and problems with Jesus in different churches. The camera accompanies them.

Fun Without Limits Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

An afternoon in the biggest fair of Germany.

The Children of the Dead Trailer (2019)

05 April 2019

Tourism is booming at the Pension Alpenrose. After a dying in an accident, Karin returns as one of the undead.

Good News: Newspaper Salesmen, Dead Dogs and Other People from Vienna Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

This documentary, Ulrich Seidl's full-length film debut, examines the lives of the street newspaper sellers in Vienna, a mixture of men from Turkey, India, Pakistan, Egypt and Eastern Europe, standing out in all weathers, peddling the trivial Viennese tabloids.

Kern Trailer (2012)

05 August 2012

Two directors shoot a documentary about the controversial director and pugnacious actor Peter Kern. But he cannot be easily rammed into the classical form of a documentary.

Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years Trailer (2020)

20 May 2020

This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of "New Austrian Cinema" and presents Austria as a film country to be taken seriously.

Brothers, Let Us Be Merry Trailer (2006)

09 August 2006

As part of the 2006 Mozart Year, 28 Austrian filmmakers, including Ulrich Seidl, were commissioned to create a minute-long film featuring Mozart's music.

The Bosom Friend Trailer (1997)

03 June 1997

Main character of this movie is Rene Rupnik, a former math teacher. He is forty years old and lives together with his mother in a desolate block of flats.

Loss Is to Be Expected Trailer (1992)

01 February 1992

Looks at two communities on either side of the Czech-Austrian border. There's an elderly man in Austria looking for a new wife, and he meets a lone single woman on the Czech side of the border.

Beware Haderer Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

A staged TV portrait of the Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer; and first collaboration with Maria Hofstätter.

One Fourty Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

The story of a 50-year-old short man who stopped growing at 1 meter 40 and plays the piano.