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ERA
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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
1995 1h 40m DE
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7.0
SOLID
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67%
FRESH
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71
METACRITIC
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7.2
IMDB
★7.0TMDB · 215🍅67%Rotten Tomatoes●71Metacritic★7.2IMDB · 9,070
Drama
Synopsis
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71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Gabriel Cosmin Urdes
Marian Radu
Lukas Miko
Max
Otto Grünmandl
Tomek
Anne Bennent
Inge Brunner
Udo Samel
Paul Brunner
Dorothee Hartinger
Kristina
Branko Samarovski
Hans
Claudia Martini
Maria
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Michael Haneke
- Writers
- Michael Haneke
- Languages
- German, Romanian
- Countries
- Austria, Germany
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Romanian.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: Austria, Germany.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Michael Haneke, shot by Christian Berger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Marie Homolkova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Gabriel Cosmin Urdes and Lukas Miko and Otto Grünmandl carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0109020 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Michael Haneke directs. Christian Berger behind the camera. Marie Homolkova cuts. Produced in Austria, Germany. Dialogue in German, Romanian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 131 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Romanian.
- 3International production across 2 countries: Austria, Germany.
- 4Directed by Michael Haneke, shot by Christian Berger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Marie Homolkova shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Gabriel Cosmin Urdes and Lukas Miko and Otto Grünmandl carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt0109020 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Classified under 20 themes, including "suicide", "bank", "adoption", "beggar".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Christian Berger
- Editing
- Marie Homolkova
- Production design
- Christoph Kanter
- Costume design
- Erika Navas
- Makeup / hair
- Ilse Weisz-Stainer
- Sound
- Max Vornehm
- Runtime
- 100 min · 1h 40m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- Certification (US)
- NR
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 67% 🍅 Fresh
- Metacritic
- 71/100
- IMDB rating
- 7.2/10 · 9,070 votes
- MPAA
- Not Rated
Awards
4 wins total
- Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award
- Gold Hugo
- Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Michael Haneke
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Wega Film
AT
- CA
Camera-Filmproduktion
Key crew
- EditorMarie Homolkova
- ProducerVeit Heiduschka
- Costume DesignErika Navas
- Production DesignChristoph Kanter
- Sound MixerHannes Eder
- ProducerWilli Segler
- Production ManagerMingo Krusche
- Production ManagerHermann Wolf
- Assistant EditorAndreas Prochaska
- Wardrobe DesignerCinzia Cioffi
- Makeup ArtistIlse Weisz-Stainer
- SoundMarc Parisotto
- Sound EffectsHans-Walter Kramski
- Sound EffectsWilli Kluth
- Property MasterPeter Ecker
- Property MasterHerwig Schretter
- Assistant DirectorRamses Ramsauer
- Assistant CameraBernhard Pötscher
- Assistant Sound DesignerMax Vornehm
- Assistant EditorMarie Haider
- Construction BuyerFerdinand Kammerer
- Construction BuyerChristian Binder
- Lighting TechnicianFranz Endlicher
- Script ConsultantSabine Gally
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- suicide
- bank
- adoption
- beggar
- based on true story
- fate
- multiple time frames
- orphan
- vienna, austria
- told in flashback
- news
- detached
- repetition
- mass killing
- christmas eve
- news footage
- mass slaughter
- student
- violence
- ominous
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1995-10-26NR
Also known as
International titles
- 71 Fragmentos de Uma Cronologia Ao AcasoBR
- 71 fragments d'une chronologie du hasardFR
- AmokDE
- Amok (73 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls)AT
- 71 αποσπάσματα μιας χρονολογίας της σύμπτωσηςGR
- 우연의 연대기에 관한 71개의 단편KR
