Directed by:
Michael HanekeCinematography:
Anton PeschkeCast:
Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel, Georg Friedrich, Elisabeth Rath, Silvia Fenz, Georges Kern, Robert Dietl, Meat Loaf (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Based on a true story, Haneke's first theatrical feature is a disturbing portrait of familial disintegration which he describes as a depiction of his native Austria s progressive emotional glaciation. Set over a three year period, it documents how the mundane day to day routines of a middle class family alienate them from the world and each other until, suddenly and shockingly, their lives self-destruct. Addressing themes that would inform much of his later work the breakdown of society, violence and the media The Seventh Continent is both intelligent and masterfully composed. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
![Birgit Doll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/790/157790920_bfe271.jpg)
Birgit Doll
Austria
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Hard to Be a God (1989)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Dieter Berner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/101/161101475_60e191.jpg)
Dieter Berner
Austria
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (2016)
![Leni Tanzer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/863/162863495_e7c015.jpg)
Leni Tanzer
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
The Moor's Head (1995)
![Udo Samel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/581/158581120_1fc225.jpg)
Udo Samel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Die Rebellion (1993) (TV movie)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
![Georg Friedrich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/720/166720750_54d052.jpg)
Georg Friedrich
Austria
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
![Elisabeth Rath](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/589/159589858_6df692.jpg)
Elisabeth Rath
Austria
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Silvia Fenz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/685/160685931_5a3f7e.jpg)
Silvia Fenz
Austria
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Georges Kern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/722/166722448_a4e520.jpg)
Georges Kern
Austria
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
Die Rebellion (1993) (TV movie)
Robert Dietl
Austria
Best movies:
Diary of a Lover (1977)
Via Mala (1985) (series)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
![Meat Loaf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/989/165989246_8fb38a.jpg)
Meat Loaf (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
The Seventh Continent (1989) - a.f.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Jennifer Rush (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989) - a.f.
Fire, Ice & Dynamite (1990)