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Our Daily Bread
(Unser täglich Brot)
An unsettling look at modern food processing only using sounds and images.
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- Germany, Austria • 2006
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast Claus Hansen Petz, Arkadiusz Rydellek, Tibor Korom, András Szarvas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, DocAlliance Films, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla, myfilmfriend
Darwin's Nightmare
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- Austria, Belgium, France • 2005
- Director Hubert Sauper
- Cast Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese, Raphael Tukiko Wagara, Dimond Remtulia, Marcus Nyoni, Sergey Samarets, Jonathan Nathanael
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Homo Sapiens
The images could be taken from a science fiction film set on planet Earth after it’s become uninhabitable. All these locations carry the traces of erstwhile human existence and bear witness to a civilization that brought forth architecture, art, the entertainment industry, technologies, ideologies, wars and environmental disasters.
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- Switzerland, Germany, Austria • 2016
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Kanopy
The Waldheim Waltz
(Waldheims Walzer)
History is doomed to repeat itself... again and again and again.
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- Austria • 2018
- Director Ruth Beckermann
- Cast Kurt Waldheim
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Chai Flicks, True Story, DocAlliance Films, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Dawn Wall
Legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell takes on his most formidable challenge yet --- El Capitan.
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- Austria • 2018
- Director Peter Mortimer
- Cast Tommy Caldwell, John Branch, Kevin Jorgeson
- Genre Documentary, Adventure
- Available on No streaming locations found.
We Come as Friends
Documentarian Hubert Sauper examines the independence struggle of South Sudan.
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- France, Austria • 2014
- Director Hubert Sauper
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
(Im Spiegel der Maya Deren)
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
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- Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland • 2002
- Director Martina Kudlácek
- Cast Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Judith Malina, Alexander Hammid, Chao Li Chi, Miriam Arsham
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Kanopy
The Last of the Unjust
(Le Dernier des Injustes)
The story of Benjamin Murmelstein, the only ‘Elder of the Jews’ to survive WWII, and the last president of the Jewish council in the Theresienstadt ghetto.
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- France, Austria • 2013
- Director Claude Lanzmann
- Cast Benjamin Murmelstein, Claude Lanzmann
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
(Im toten Winkel - Hitlers Sekretärin)
The first ever recorded interview with Traudl Junge, Hitler’s personal secretary from 1942 until the collapse of the Nazi regime.
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- Austria • 2002
- Director Othmar Schmiderer
- Cast Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun, Albert Speer, Hans Hermann Junge, Joseph Goebbels
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
In Search of Memory
(Auf der Suche nach dem Gedächtnis)
He was one of the most important neural scientists that ever lived.
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- Austria • 2008
- Director Petra Seeger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Chai Flicks, Amazon Video, Hoopla
Destination Unknown
When the war ended, the struggles of the Holocaust survivors were only just beginning.
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- United Kingdom, Austria, Poland • 2016
- Director Claire Ferguson
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Heimat Is a Space in Time
(Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit)
Descendants of a family torn apart in the early 20th century retrace their heritage.
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- Germany, Austria • 2019
- Director Thomas Heise
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Kanopy
The Ivory Game
The hunt for the hunter begins
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- Austria • 2016
- Director Richard Ladkani
- Cast Ofir Drori
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Whores' Glory
Several stories of sex work around the world.
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- Germany, Austria • 2011
- Director Michael Glawogger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, Kanopy
Sea of Shadows
To save the world's smallest whale from extinction, activists must face poachers, cartels, and an illegal multimillion-dollar business.
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- Austria, Australia, Germany • 2019
- Director Richard Ladkani
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, National Geographic
Master of the Universe
A tense documentary about the psychology of the most powerful people in the banking world.
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- Austria, Germany • 2013
- Director Marc Bauder
- Cast Rainer Voss, Angela Merkel
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Kanopy, Hoopla
Earth
(Erde)
Stories of the people and machines that transform the Earth.
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- Austria • 2019
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
To the Limit
(Am Limit)
Daredevil mountain climbers attempt to break another speed climbing record.
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- Germany, Austria • 2007
- Director Pepe Danquart
- Cast Alexander Huber, Thomas Huber
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
More Than Honey
Oscar-nominated director Markus Imhoof tackles the vexing issue of why bees, worldwide, are facing extinction.
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- Switzerland, Germany, Austria • 2012
- Director Markus Imhoof
- Cast Fred Jaggi, Randolf Menzel, John Miller, Liane Singer, Heidrun Singer
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands interviews the sons of two former Nazis, who hold polar-opposite views on their fathers.
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- United Kingdom, Austria, Poland • 2015
- Director David Evans
- Cast Niklas Frank, Philippe Sands, Horst von Wächter
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
In the Basement
(Im Keller)
What do people do in their basements when they can do anything they want?
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- Austria, Germany • 2014
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast Alessa Duchek, Gerald Duchek, Inge Ellinger, Manfred Ellinger, Walter Holzer
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Workingman's Death
This documentary depicts the working conditions of several groups trying to make a living in areas throughout the world.
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- Austria, Germany • 2005
- Director Michael Glawogger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, DocAlliance Films, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, myfilmfriend
Pianomania
Pianomania takes the audience on a humorous journey through the secret world of sound and accompanies Stefan Knüpfer in his extraordinary work with the greatest pianists in the world.
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- Austria, Germany • 2009
- Director Robert Cibis
- Cast Lang Lang, Stefan Knüpfer, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Hyung-Ki Joo, Alfred Brendel, Aleksey Igudesman
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Abendland
A documentary of Europe at night.
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- Austria • 2011
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, DocAlliance Films
Homme Less
A documentary on Mark Reay, a homeless photographer and actor in Manhattan.
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- Austria • 2015
- Director Thomas Wirthensohn
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
Jesus, You Know
(Jesus, Du weisst)
Six Catholics share their prayers.
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- Austria • 2003
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Kanopy
The Great Museum
(Das große Museum)
This feature documentary follows the work that goes into running one of the most important art museums in the world.
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- Austria • 2014
- Director Johannes Holzhausen
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, myfilmfriend
Wheel of Time
(Rad der Zeit)
A mesmerizing documentary from Werner Herzog that immerses the viewer in Tibetan Buddhist tradition and rituals.
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- Germany, Austria, Italy • 2003
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Tenzin Gyatso, Lama Lhundup Woeser, Takna Jigme Sangpo, Matthieu Ricard, Tenzin Dhargye
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Wild Blue Yonder
Human astronauts attempt to find an alternate planet for humanity while an alien narrates the story of his dying planet.
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- Germany, France, Austria • 2005
- Director Werner Herzog
- Cast Brad Dourif, Donald Williams, Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Shannon Lucid, Michael McCulley
- Genre Documentary, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
A Good American
A documentary profiling William Binney, a former NSA official, code-breaker, and whistleblower.
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- Austria • 2015
- Director Friedrich Moser
- Cast William Binney, Thomas Drake, Edward Loomis, Jesselyn Radack, Diane Roark
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Dreams Rewired
A genealogy of connection.
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- Austria, Germany, United Kingdom • 2015
- Director Thomas Tode
- Cast Tilda Swinton
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Notes on Marie Menken
A look at the life of avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.
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- Austria, United States • 2006
- Director Martina Kudlácek
- Cast Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, Alfred Leslie, Gerard Malanga, Jonas Mekas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Hoopla
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
A loggerhead turtle takes a dangerous journey across the world.
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- United Kingdom, Austria, Germany • 2009
- Director Nick Stringer
- Cast Miranda Richardson
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV
Plastic Planet
An up-close and personal view of the controversial and fascinating material that has found its way into every facet of our daily lives: plastic.
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- Austria, Germany • 2009
- Director Werner Boote
- Cast Werner Boote, John Taylor, Peter Lieberzeit
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Kanopy
The Decent One
(Der Anständige)
A glimpse into the life of Heinrich Himmler, one of the main architects of the Holocaust.
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- Austria, Israel, Germany • 2014
- Director Vanessa Lapa
- Cast Heinrich Himmler, Tobias Moretti, Sophie Rois, Lotte Ledl, Gudrun Himmler, Antonia Moretti
- Genre Documentary, War
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Forgotten Space
An in-depth into the contemporary maritime world in relation to the complex symbolic legacy of the sea.
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- Netherlands, Austria • 2010
- Director Allan Sekula
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, OVID, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
Space Dogs
Laika, the stray dog that was the first living being to be sent into space, is profiled in this documentary.
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- Austria, Germany • 2019
- Director Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
- Cast Aleksey Serebryakov
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, BroadwayHD, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Six Million and One
Four siblings retrace the journey of their holocaust survivor father.
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- Israel, Austria, Germany • 2012
- Director David Fisher
- Cast Joseph Fischer
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Plex Channel
Back to the Fatherland
Do you have to ignore the past to build your own future?
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- Austria • 2018
- Director Gil Levanon, Kat Rohrer
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
Law Not War
(A Man Can Make a Difference)
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- Germany, Austria • 2015
- Director Ullabritt Horn
- Cast Benjamin Ferencz, Donald M. Ferencz, Fatou Bensouda, David Donat Cattin, Roger S. Clark, Astrid Reisinger Coracini
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video
John Williams: Live in Vienna
With the Weiner Philharmoniker and Anne-Sophie Mutter
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- Austria • 2020
- Director Michael Beyer
- Cast John Williams, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Wiener Philharmoniker
- Genre Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Danube: Europe's Amazon
This documentary mini-series explores the breathtaking beauty and ecological importance of Europe's second-longest river.
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- Austria • 2012
- Director Rita Schlamberger, Michael Schlamberger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Elsewhere
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- Austria • 2002
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Against the Odds
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- Austria • 2019
- Director GrizzlyMug
- Cast Johan Sundstein, Sebastian Ceb Debs, Jesse Vainikka, Anathan Pham, Topias Taavitsainen, Cristian Banaseanu
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Alltagsgeschichte
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- Austria • 1985
- Creator Elizabeth T. Spira
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
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- Austria • 2012
- Director Paul Reddish
- Cast David Attenborough
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Bergwelten
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- Austria • 2012
- Creator Lutz Maurer, Hans Peter Stauber, Andrea Thek
- Cast Otto Clemens, Reinhold Messner
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Soul of the Ocean
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- Austria, United Kingdom, United States • 2023
- Director Howard Hall
- Cast Noma Dumezweni, Jonathan Pryce
- Genre Documentary, TV Movie
- Available on Amazon Video
Bionik - Genie der Natur
(Nature Tech)
In this documentary series scientists examine some of natures most striking innovations hoping to find ways to adapt them to human purposes.
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- Austria • 2010
- Director Darryl Rehr, Steve Nicholls, Alfred Vendl
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Weltrevoution - Drahdiwaberl
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- Austria • 2008
- Director Klaus Hundsbichler
- Cast Stefan Weber
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Universum
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- Austria • 1987
- Creator Otto Clemens
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna
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- Austria, Canada, United Kingdom • 1978
- Director Hannes Rossacher
- Cast Tom Waits
- Genre Documentary, Music, TV Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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