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Katharina Mückstein

Katharina Mückstein

Directing

Biography

Katharina Mückstein (born 1982) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer. Narrative films Mückstein has written and directed include the short film The Reunion (2009), and the feature films Talea (2013), and L'Animale (2018). She also wrote and produced the documentaries Three Farmers and A Son (2016), and Animals and Other People (2017). She won the Austrian Film Award for Best Documentary for Three Farmers and A Son in 2017. In 2020, Mückstein directed the TV film Blind ermittelt – Zerstörte Träume. She also directed its two sequels released in 2022: Blind ermittelt – Tod im Prater, and Blind ermittelt – Die nackte Kaiserin. In 2023, Mückstein directed Feminism WTF, a documentary on feminism and gender equality. Description above from the Wikipedia article Katharina Mückstein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Scene of the Crime
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970
Talea
6.4

Fourteen-year-old Jasmin longs to be near her biological mother, Eva. Following her mother’s release from prison, an excursion into the country together becomes a first test for the fledgling mother-daughter relationship. They smoke, dance and stroll together – the mood is promising. But time and again, it is revealed that their needs and expectations are light years apart. For the moment, neither Eva nor Jasmin seem up to the task of fulfilling each other’s need for identity and support. (Talea is Italian for scion, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.)

Talea

2013
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
6.0

Insults, humiliation, violence, sexual assault - the world behind the camera and the scenes can be a nightmare for many theater and film professionals. Apparently there is a real climate of fear in some film and theater productions. Some directors, but also well-known actors, apparently abuse their power and treat those around them on set or on stage with contempt or even abuse. Individual cases have been known for years, including under #metoo. But are they really isolated cases? Or can directors and actors allow themselves anything because the system allows it? In their three-year research, the documentary filmmakers spoke to more than 200 film and theater professionals about the problems in their industry. How much responsibility do the alleged perpetrators bear for abuse of power and how much responsibility does the financiers, production companies, broadcasters and also the audience bear?

Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film

2024
Blind ermittelt: Tod im Prater
8.0

Philipp Hochmair, the newly appointed special investigator, and his partner Andreas Guenther immerse themselves in the equally dazzling and twilight world of the Prater showmen in the sixth "Vienna thriller". To solve the murder of a strikingly successful businessman, the opposing duo must not only uncover his secrets, but also get a tight-knit circle of suspects to speak up.

Blind ermittelt: Tod im Prater

2022
L'Animale
6.5

Riding on their tuned-up bikes, Mati and her posse of male friends intimidate their neighborhood and harass the girls. In their village, they rule. But when her closest pal Sebastian falls in love with Mati and her enemy Carla unexpectedly turns into a friend, Mati is in danger of losing her standing among her male friends. Meanwhile Mati’s parents have a decision to make: What's more important, appearances or reality?

L'Animale

2018
Blind ermittelt: Die nackte Kaiserin
7.0

While inspector Alexander Haller relies on his investigative instincts, his partner Nikolai Falk has to overcome irrational fears. Screenwriter Nils-Morten Osburg uses the admiration for the Habsburg monarch, who, out of vanity, did not allow herself to be photographed for decades, as the background for a sophisticated story about a photograph that should never have been taken.

Blind ermittelt: Die nackte Kaiserin

2022
Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume
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Another case for Inspector Richie Haller, in which the deadly mixture of cocaine with a pinch of cyanide salt and a faker operation, which is used by drug couriers for distribution, plays a role.

Blind ermittelt: Zerstörte Träume

2020
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Luisa returns to her parents' home when her father becomes bedridden. She's expected to help her mother deal with the drudgery of caring for him, but their relationship is tense and the physical contact with the man proves to be unpleasant for her. In quiet moments she remembers scenes from her childhood Long repressed and forgotten memories force their way back into the present, until a final realization brings a family secret to light.

The Reunion

2009
Feminism WTF
8.0

An international topic documentary on feminism and gender equality. The film reflects on current debates and analyses the potential of intersectional feminism to profoundly change our future societies.

Feminism WTF

2023
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A cineastic meeting of two characters who are directly related to each other: Camera (Cinematographer) and Dancer. Both can define space/room, but only through interaction. They meet each other in an abstract setting (a white cube) and start a dramatic play.

Out of Bounds

2007
Three Farmers and a Son
6.5

In his essayistic documentary Sigmund Steiner investigates the work, lives and generational relations of three Austrian farmers. Even though none of them are his father, each one of the film's protagonists reflects on one aspect of Steiner's complicated father-son relationship.

Three Farmers and a Son

2016
Nr. 7
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Nr. 7

2012
Animals and Other People
7.5

The film introduces viewers to Vienna's animal shelter and its inhabitants.

Animals and Other People

2017