For God and Country
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Wolfgang Murnberger
Christoph Dostal
Andreas Lust
Andreas Simma
Marcus J Carney
Leopold Altenburg
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Eighteen-year-old Private Berger is everyman: drafted into military service and sent to Austria's Eastern border with Hungary, he is neither filled with patriotic fervor, nor committed to any philosophy that would prevent him from serving. (The film is set in 1980, when the Communist threat to the east of Austria was taken seriously, at least by Austrians.) Like millions before him, he is bored to death, horny, a little afraid and a lot frustrated by the absurd routines that are a conscript's lot. How to cope? Berger holes up in the toilet, drawing Hieronymus Bosch-like landscapes and fantasizing elaborate sexual dramas.
Director
Wolfgang Murnberger
Cast
Christoph Dostal
Andreas Lust
Andreas Simma
Marcus J Carney
Leopold Altenburg
Albert Weilguny
Johannes Kollmann
Robert Taurer
Peter Max Januschke
Josef Kuderna
Hans Sigl
Markus Schleinzer
Reinhold Moritz
Sahin Ali Haydar
Josef Selzer
Gerd Eichler
Horst Eder
Herta Schell
Maria Tritremmel
Udo Kohlmann
Rudolf Neumayr
Gerhard Leutgeb
Pia Baresch
Monika Praxmarer
Sabine Waibel
Elisabeth Lanz
Thirry Van Wervike
Janine Wegener
Crew
Andreas Donhauser
Milan Dor
Fabian Eder
Manfred Fritsch
Maria Homolkova
Reinhold Kaiser
Danny Krausz
Mischa Krausz
Renate Martin
Wolfgang Murnberger
Thomas Oláh
Karin Schon
Robert Stiegler
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Austria's official entry for the 1994 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Awarded the Austrian Film Commission's prize for best film of 1994.
Released in United States December 20, 1995
Released in United States Winter December 20, 1995
Second full-length film for Wolfgang Murnberger who marked his feature directorial debut with "Heaven or Hell" (Austria/1991).
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (in competition) January 25 - February 5, 1995.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 3-12, 1995.
Shown at Viennale International Film Festival in Vienna October 14-26, 1994.
35mm
color
dialogue German
subtitled English
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States December 20, 1995 (Film Forum; New York City)
Released in United States Winter December 20, 1995
