MR film
MR Film is an Austrian film production company based in Vienna . The best-known and most successful productions include the television series Kaisermühlen Blues (1992–1999) and MA 2412 (1998–2002) as well as the feature films MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener (2003) and Falco - Damn, we're still alive! (2008).
history
The company was founded in 1967 by Kurt J. Mrkwicka in Vienna and mainly produces television series, documentaries and films. Films are also produced at irregular intervals. The greatest audience success in Austrian cinemas to date was achieved in 2003 with MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener (2003), which, with around 273,000 visitors, is the fifth most popular Austrian film in Austria since the count began in 1981.
In November 2017 it was announced that Munich-based Beta Film would like to take over 51 percent of the shares in MR Film from Jan Mojto , although the approval of the antitrust authorities was still pending.
Filmography
The following is a selection of film and television productions by MR Film:
- cinemamovies
- 1985: The Mark of Death (Director: Peter Handke )
- 1985: Schmutz / Dirt (Director: Paulus Manker )
- 1993: Please leave your husband (Director: Reinhard Schwabenitzky )
- 1997: Models (Director: Ulrich Seidl )
- 1999: 9½ weeks in Paris (as co-producer in Vienna; director: Anne Goursaud )
- 1999: Wanted (Director: Harald Sicherheitsitz )
- 2003: MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener (Director: Harald Sicheritz)
- 2008: Falco - Damn it, we're still alive! (Director: Thomas Roth )
- 2008: La Boheme (Director: Robert Dornhelm )
- 2010: 3-fold (Director: Harald Sicherheitsitz)
- 2017: Anna Fucking Molnar (Director: Sabine Derflinger )
- 2019: Caviar (Director: Elena Tikhonova )
- Television films and series
- 1979: Faster, higher, stronger (documentary series, 26 episodes; director: Kurt J. Mrkwicka)
- 1981: Mysterious Stranger / The Mysterious Stranger (Director: Peter Hunt)
- 1983: Via Mala (documentary series, 3 episodes; director: Tom Toelle )
- 1985: Dying Witnesses (Documentation; Director: Alfred Vendl )
- 1986: Fritz Muliar (recording; director: Kurt J. Mrkwicka )
- 1986: Emil Holub (documentary; director: Alfred Vendl)
- 1990: Bruno Kreisky (documentary; director: Kurt J. Mrkwicka)
- 1991: Wolfgang (A. Mozart) (documentary series, 3 episodes; director: Georg Herz )
- 1992: Attention Forgers? (Documentary series, 3 episodes; Director: Alfred Vendl)
- 1992: One buck too much (Director: Heinz Marecek )
- 1992: The Diamond of the Ghost King (Direction: Ernst Wolfram Marboe )
- 1995: Kindgenossen (documentary series, 3 episodes; Director: Alfred Vendl)
- 1997: Qualtingers Vienna (Director: Harald Sicherheitsitz)
- 2003: Now more than ever (Director: Michael Kreihsl )
- 2004: My beautiful daughter (Director: Xaver Schwarzenberger )
- 2005: Crown Prince Rudolf's Last Love (Director: Robert Dornhelm)
- 2006: Zodiak - The Horoscope Killer (four-part television thriller; director: Andreas Prochaska )
- 2014: Clara Immerwahr (Director: Harald Sicheritz)
- 2015: At the end of summer (Director: Nikolaus Leytner )
- 2016: Pokerface - Grandma rips them all off (Director: Erhard Riedlsperger )
- 2016: Das Sacher (Director: Robert Dornhelm)
- 2017: Maximilian - The Game of Power and Love (Director: Andreas Prochaska)
- 2017: Maria Theresia (Director: Robert Dornhelm)
- TV Shows
- 1982: Waldheimat (26 episodes, director: 1st season: Hermann Leitner , 2nd season: Wolf Dietrich )
- 1985: Frankenstein's Aunt (7 episodes, director: Juraj Jakubisko )
- 1992–1999: Kaisermühlen Blues (64 episodes, director: 1st and 2nd season: Reinhard Schwabenitzky , 3rd and 4th season: Harald Sicherheitsitz, 5th, 6th and 7th season: Erhard Riedlsperger )
- 1998–2002: MA 2412 (34 episodes; director: Harald Sicherheitsitz)
- 1997–2002: Medicopter 117 - Every Life Counts (81 episodes and pilot film; directors: Peter Welz , Thomas Nikel , Wolfgang Dickmann )
- 2000: Wickie, Slime & Paiper (4 episodes of the series; directed by Werner Sobotka )
- 2000–2005 Trautmann (10 episodes; directors: Harald Sicherheitsitz, Thomas Roth)
- 2001–2002: Dolce Vita & Co (20 episodes; directors: Erhard Riedlsperger, Claudia Jüptner )
- 2004: 11er Haus (10 episodes; Director: Harald Sicherheitsitz)
- since 2007: Quickly determined
- since 2014: suburban women
- 2019: Liebermann (Vienna Blood)
Web links
- www.mr-film.com - website of MR Film
- MR film in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- MR Film at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ derStandard.at: Münchner Beta Film wants to take over majority in Vienna MR Film . Article dated November 27, 2017, accessed November 27, 2017.