Julian Waldner

The duo Alexander “Alex” Haller and Nikolai “Niko” Falk are investigating a kidnapping case in Grinzing, where the 22-year-old Paul Rauch, who comes from a family of winemakers, was overpowered on the street at night, knocked down with a motorcycle helmet and dragged into a van became.

Due to a broken getaway car, three Russian jewel thieves are forced to take shelter in an empty Viennese coffee house. They knock out the waiter and call their fourth accomplice. Ten minutes until the new car arrives! Unfortunately two policemen enter the cafe and take a seat. As the only people present, the villains are mistaken for waiters - with fatal consequences.

The investigation into the death of a young woman who was drugged with knockout drops and raped leads the Graz duo to Leoben.

Three generations of Austrian men find themselves, for a brief moment, living under the same roof on a small farm in this haunting portrait of aging, dignity and familial responsibility.

Barely 22, Franz Klammer finds himself at the “eye of the storm” when he shows up for the men’s downhill competition at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. Since the previous season the charismatic newcomer has won virtually every race. The pressure from the media and the public and the hopes of an entire nation are off the scales. His sponsor is pushing him to switch equipment right before the competition, the weather is getting steadily worse, and his toughest rivals know that Franz has to do better than just a flawless run. Franz senses that he has to find his own path and that only the love of his life can give him the strength to do that. This is the most important race of his life in which he skis a line that nobody even thought was possible and which will make him to this day a legend in the sport of downhill skiing.

Walking on Sunshine

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