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The Seventh Continent
Directed by
Michael Haneke
Produced by Veit Heiduschka
Written by Michael Haneke and Johanna Teicht
Produced by Veit Heiduschka
Written by Michael Haneke and Johanna Teicht
With:
Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel, Silvia Fenz, Robert Dietl, Elisabeth Rath, Georges Kern, and Georg Friedrich
Cinematography:
Anton Peschke
Editing: Marie Homolkova
Editing: Marie Homolkova
Runtime:
104 min
Release Date: 19 May 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 19 May 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Haneke's theatrical feature debut—which chronicles three years in the life of a middle-class family estranged from, or perhaps the product of, modern European culture—firmly establishes the Austrian writer/director as a master of clinical (and cynical) societal observation.