Colonel Redl (1985)
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Keywords: tmdb.male-homosexuality, tmdb.treason, tmdb.military-officer, tmdb.austria-hungary, imdb.character-name-as-title, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.based-on-real-person + 149 more, imdb.austro-hungarian-army, imdb.military-uniform, imdb.austro-hungarian, imdb.military-intelligence, imdb.pre-world-war-one, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.period-drama, imdb.austria-hungary, imdb.monarchy, imdb.career, imdb.brothel, imdb.austro-hungarian-compromise, imdb.antisemitism, imdb.reference-to-the-dreyfus-affair, imdb.based-on-play, imdb.michel-de-montaigne-quotation, imdb.female-full-frontal-nudity, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.military-drama, imdb.framed-as-traitor, imdb.1880s, imdb.suicide-by-gunshot, imdb.army-officer, imdb.1870s, imdb.military-history, imdb.army-colonel, imdb.framed-for-treason, imdb.soldier-as-protagonist, imdb.gun-duel, imdb.gay-protagonist, imdb.arrested-for-espionage, imdb.military-career, imdb.ruthenians, imdb.corrupt-emperor, imdb.biographical-fiction, imdb.prologue-and-epilogue, imdb.dark-secret, imdb.family-estrangement, imdb.breaking-the-fourth-wall, imdb.political-assassination, imdb.second-in-a-duel, imdb.fictionalized-biopic, imdb.political-biopic, imdb.1890s, imdb.unrequited-gay-love, imdb.recruit-informer, imdb.costume-drama, imdb.implied-gay-sex, imdb.auction, imdb.military-district, imdb.commanding-officer, imdb.unrequited-love, imdb.poem, imdb.briefcase, imdb.military-academy, imdb.gay-lovers, imdb.war-drama, imdb.epic-history, imdb.vienna-austria, imdb.brother-sister-relationship, imdb.class-differences, imdb.major-general, imdb.montage, imdb.sarajevo, imdb.counter-espionage, imdb.army-lieutenant, imdb.falling-out, imdb.voyeur, imdb.1900s, imdb.deputy-chief, imdb.commander, imdb.garrison-regiment, imdb.patriotic, imdb.austrian-aristocrat, imdb.russian-border, imdb.austro-hungarian-empire, imdb.peasant-farmer, imdb.practical-joke, imdb.reference-to-emperor-franz-joseph, imdb.military-promotion, imdb.scapegoat, imdb.xenophobia, imdb.accidentally-shot-to-death, imdb.bride-and-groom, imdb.newlywed-couple, imdb.honeymoon, imdb.assassination-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand-of-austria, imdb.honeypot-trap, imdb.loveless-marriage, imdb.younger-version-of-character, imdb.best-friend-best-friend-relationship, imdb.doppelganger, imdb.key-event-of-the-war, imdb.gay-seduction, imdb.aristocratic-family, imdb.coup-d-etat, imdb.world-war-one, imdb.harlequin-great-dane, imdb.overthrow-of-the-monarchy, imdb.fingerprints, imdb.archduke-franz-ferdinand-character, imdb.ukrainian, imdb.frame-up, imdb.chain-of-events, imdb.marriage-of-convenience, imdb.italian, imdb.jewish-family, imdb.ruthless-leader, imdb.search-and-seizure, imdb.crown-prince, imdb.jew, imdb.sex, imdb.garrison, imdb.army-life, imdb.1910s, imdb.remake, imdb.death-of-father, aspectratio.1-66-1, awards.festival-cannes-winner, imdb.homosexual-male, imdb.topless-nudity, imdb.20th-century, imdb.19th-century, imdb.fall-from-grace, imdb.nudity, imdb.closeted-homosexual, imdb.female-topless-nudity, imdb.female-rear-nudity, imdb.forced-to-commit-suicide, release.dvd, imdb.archduke, imdb.military-cadet, imdb.homosexual-tryst, imdb.assassination, imdb.suicide-by-poisoning, imdb.homosexual-kiss, imdb.suicide-by-shooting, imdb.threatened-with-a-gun, imdb.shot-in-the-chest, imdb.military-exercise, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.teacher, imdb.homosexual, imdb.suicide, imdb.military-officer, imdb.rear-nudity, imdb.inspired-by-a-true-story, imdb.suicide-by-shooting-oneself-in-the-head
Watch Providers: Kanopy, Kino Film Collection
Production Companies: ORF, ZDF, Mokép, Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion, Mafilm
Country: Austria
Production Countries:
Austria,
Germany,
Hungary
Languages:
German
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