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Wikipedia article




'Indien' is a 1993 Austrian tragicomic road movie directed by Paul Harather. It was Austria's submission to the 66th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences It is one of the most successful films of Austrian Cinema and has developed a cult following.

Plot



The main characters are Heinz Bsel (Josef Hader) and Kurt Fellner (Alfred Dorfer), who work for the tourist office in Lower Austria assessing guesthouses. Bsel is fond of beer and occasionally ill-behaved, while Fellner is more intellectual and refined, constantly asking his colleague Trivial Pursuit questions. However, they gradually bond as they travel around Austria.

Later in the film, Fellner is taken ill and is diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer. Bsel helps Fellner fulfil his last wishes, which include playing on an organ and going into the woods one last time to hear the birds. Fellner dies in his friend's arms, but the film ends optimistically when Bsel meets an Indian man who seems to be the reincarnation of his friend.

Awards



* Thomas Pluch Screenplay Prize to Alfred Dorfer and Josef Hader, 1993

* Grand prize of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 1994

* At the Filmfestival Max Ophls Preis in 1994, Prize of the Saarland Premier to director Paul Harather, and audience prize

* sterreichischer Filmpreis in 1994

Cast



* Josef Hader - Heinzi Bsel

* Alfred Dorfer - Kurt Fellner

* Karl Markovics - Kirchingerwirt

See also



* Cinema of Austria

* List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

* List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References




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