The Seventh Continent (Der Siebente Kontinent) (1989)

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Directed by

Michael Haneke

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Anna Schober

Georg Schober

Evi Schober

Alexander

Optiker Kundin

Robert Dietl

Elisabeth Rath

Lehrerin

Georges Kern

Written by

Michael Haneke

writer

Johanna Teicht

script

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The 7th Continent (1989)

1 year, 3 months ago at Jan 26 6:31

Rath

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The first movie by Michael Haneke (proper, having already made some films for German television) is a treatise of intent, a good example of the interest which the Austrian director channeled all his subsequent films.

To be specific, although the film is divided into three parts, may dissected in half in terms of plot development. A first half to show the daily life of a bourge... read more

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I must be different, because I find this infinitely scarier than any horror movie. I know I won't get attcked by Michael Myers, I know I won't get possessed by demons, and I know hoards of zombies won't rise from the ground, but do I know for sure that [spoiler] the meaninglessness of my repetitious bourgeois life won't drive me into insanity and lead to suicide? I don't know that, because I live ... read more

A good movie

1 year, 4 months ago at Jan 3 7:25

johanlefourbe

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Oh my God.... What a depressing movie! Honestly, if you are somber or in a gloomy mood, you shouldn't watch this flick. I mean, I liked it but it hits you like a fist in the face. It is actually Michael Haneke directing début and there were already many of his trademarks : the sober and ascetic directing, the unknow actors (at least, to me), the osbcure plot, the pessimistic view on humanity. As ... read more

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Description: Beautifully controlled and liberatingly intelligent, (Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune), The Seventh Continent is the first theatrical film written and directed by German-born auteur Michael Haneke (The Piano Teacher, Cache). "A shocking and potent statement about out times" (Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader), this acut ... (more)

Release date : 14 April 1993

1980s (11), Austria (9), 1989 (6), Suicide (4), Drama (4), Loneliness (4), German (4), Bank (3), Taxicab (3), Hammer (3), Urination (3), Optometrist (3), Chainsaw (3), Shoes (3), Saw (2), Money (2), Depression (2), Based On True Story (2), Bed (2), Face Slap (2)

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