The Seventh Continent(Movie, 1989)

Name: The Seventh Continent
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989
Duration: T01:47:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Der siebente Kontinent" (German/DE)

1h 47min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 123 votes)

The Seventh Continent (German: Der siebente Kontinent) is a 1989 Austrian drama film directed by Michael Haneke. It is Haneke's debut feature film. The film chronicles three years in the life of an Austrian family, which consists of Georg, an engineer; his wife Anna, an optometrist; and their young daughter, Eva. They lead a seemingly routine urban middle-class life, but are actually planning something sinister. The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. ()

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About The Seventh Continent

Chronicles three years of a middle class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, only troubled by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence however, they are actually planning something sinister.

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The Seventh Continent - Der siebente Kontinent 1989 (trailer)(Trailer, 1:14)

Additional Information

Production country: Austria

Made by: Wega Film

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE)

Translated into 18 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/26/1990 (World premiere: 10/20/1989)

Cast: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Udo Samel, Silvia Fenz, Robert Dietl, Elisabeth Rath, Georges Kern, Georg Friedrich, Meat Loaf, Jennifer Rush

Director: Michael Haneke

Producer: Veit Heiduschka

Screenwriter: Michael Haneke

Film Editor: Marie Homolkova

Composer: Alban Berg

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Le septième continent"

"Έβδομη ήπειρος"

"Der siebente Kontinent"

Keywords: postmodernism, mass suicide, industrial society, materialism, destruction, meaningless existence

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The Seventh Continent(Movie, 1989)

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