Götz Spielmann

Beč, Austrija

Götz Spielmann was born in 1961 in Vienna. He studied film at the Vienna Film Academy. His short films Fremdland, Abschied von Hölderlin and Vergiss Sneider have won him wide acclaim and a new star of the Austrian film scene was born. In 1990 and 1991 he shot two motion pictures - Erwin und Julia and Der Nachbar. These were followed by two TV films - Dieses naive Verlangen (1992) and Die Angst von der Idylle (1994). He lectures film at the Grazer Schauspielschule as well as in several other film schools.

Filmography

Spiel im Morgengrauen (TV film) (2001)
Die Fremde (2000)
Die Angst vor der Idylle (TV) (1996)
Dieses naive Verlangen (TV) (1993)
Der Nachbar (1993)
Erwin und Julia (1990)
Vergiss Sneider! (1987)
Abschied von Hölderlin (1985)
Fremdland (1984)

Films by this director

The Stranger

(Die Fremde, 1999)

Directed by: Götz Spielmann

Synopsis:

The stranger is a beautiful young Mexican woman named Mercedes. She comes to Vienna for several days with her German friend to smuggle drugs. Their relationship is in crisis, but they hope that money will fix it. Unfortunately, their liaison in Vienna was caught and they remain trapped in the city. After the separation he has been living in the suburbs with a single goal: never to break down. There is little room for longing in his life. But then the two of them meet and what was unreachable com...

color, 88 min

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