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Alfred Dorfer
Alfred Dorfer (; 11 October 1961) is an Austrian comedian, writer, and actor. He is one of the most well-known cabaret artists and comedians in Austria, not least due to his commitment to numerous Austrian film productions. After initial success with the group ''Schlabarett'' he attained more widespread recognition as the writer and star (alongside Josef Hader) of the film ''Indien''. Today, Dorfer is among "the most important satirists and authors in the German-speaking world." Film In 1993 Dorfer appeared alongside Josef Hader in the film '' Indien'' under the direction of Paul Harather. A year later came the film ''Muttertag'' (''Mother's Day Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in Mar ...''), in which he appeared alongside such other prominent Austrian actors and comedi ...
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Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ...
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Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has Austrians, a population of around 9 million. The area of today's Austria has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period. Around 400 BC, it was inhabited by the Celts and then annexed by the Roman Empire, Romans in the late 1st century BC. Christianization in the region began in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the late Western Roman Empire, Roman period, followed by the arrival of numerous Germanic tribes during the Migration Period. A ...
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Josef Hader
Josef Hader (born 14 February 1962) is an Austrians, Austrian stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker. Life and career Hader was born in Waldhausen im Strudengau, Upper Austria and grew up in Nöchling in Lower Austria where he attended the Stiftsgymnasium Melk. During this time he made his first comedy attempts at his school. After his civilian service at the Red Cross he started studying German language, German and History. As a student he began working on his first comedy programme ''Fort Geschritten''. His second programme ''Der Witzableiter und das Feuer'' won the prestigious ''Salzburger Stier'' comedy award. After aborting his study and writing ''Biagn und Brechen'' (1988) and ''Bunter Abend'' (1990) he celebrated his breakthrough with the tragicomic play ''Indien'', together with the comedian Alfred Dorfer, which was filmed by Paul Harather in 1993 with Josef Hader himself in the leading role. With the film ''Indien (film), Indien'' and his following shows ''Im Keller'' ( ...
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Indien (film)
''Indien'' () is a 1993 Austrian tragicomic road movie directed by Paul Harather. It was Austria's submission to the 66th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences It is one of the most successful films of Austrian Cinema and has developed a cult following. Plot The main characters are Heinz Bösel and Kurt Fellner, who work for the tourist office in Lower Austria assessing guesthouses. Bösel is fond of beer and occasionally ill-behaved, while Fellner is more intellectual and refined, constantly asking his colleague Trivial Pursuit questions. However, they gradually bond as they travel around Austria. Later in the film, Fellner is taken ill and is diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer. Bösel helps Fellner fulfil his last wishes, which include playing on an organ and going into the woods one last time to hear the birds. Fellner dies in his frien ...
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Mother's Day (1993 Film)
''Mother's Day'' () is a 1993 Austrian comedy film directed by Harald Sicheritz. Cast * Alfred Dorfer - Mischa Neugebauer / Polizist Gratzl * Reinhard Nowak - Edwin Neugebauer / Postler / Nachbarjunge 2 * Andrea Händler - Trude Neugebauer / Postlerin / Jungscharbetreuerin * - Evelyn Schöbinger / Kassiererin Haberl * Roland Düringer - Opa Neugebauer / spitzbärtiger Nachbar / Briefträger Zapletal / * Karl Künstler - Herr Schwalbach * - Frau Habitzl * - Frau Klein * Gudrun Tielsch - Verwirrte * Lukas Resetarits - Sandler * Willi Resetarits - Thief See also * List of films set around Mother's Day This is a list of films set on or around Mother's Day. Comedy * ''Mother's Day'' (1993), an Austrian comedy film about a Viennese family preparing for Mother's Day * ''Mother's Day'' (2016), an American romantic comedy film in which various people ... References External links * 1993 films 1993 comedy films Austrian comedy films Mother's Day 1990s German-langu ...
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Roland Düringer
Roland Düringer (born 31 October 1963) is an Austrian actor, cabarettist and political activist. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1985. He founded the political party My Vote Counts!, which will participate nationwide in the Austrian legislative election, 2017 later this year. Selected filmography References External links * 1963 births Living people Austrian male film actors People from Favoriten Male actors from Vienna {{Austria-actor-stub ...
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Reinhard Nowak
Reinhard Nowak (born 28 April 1964) is an Austrian actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1985. Selected filmography References External links * * 1964 births Living people Austrian male film actors Male actors from Munich {{Austria-actor-stub ...
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ORF (broadcaster)
(ORF ; , ) is the national public broadcaster of Austria. Funded from a combination of television licence fee revenue and limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media. Austria was the last country in continental Europe after Albania to allow nationwide private television broadcasting, although commercial TV channels from neighbouring Germany have been present in Austria on Pay television, pay-TV and via Signal overspill, terrestrial overspill since the 1980s. History of broadcasting in Austria The first unregulated test transmissions in Austria began on 1 April 1923 by Radio Hekaphon, run by the radio pioneer and enthusiast (1887–1958), who applied for a radio licence in 1921; first in his telephone factory in the Brigittenau district of Vienna, later in the nearby TGM technical college. On 2 September, it aired a first broadcast address by Austrian President Michael Hainisch (1858–1940). One year later, a powerful transmitte ...
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1961 Births
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Ce ...
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Austrian Male Comedians
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