Restoration, Preservation and Digitization Since 2002

2024

Adria - Urlaubsfilme 1954-1968 (Film - Schule des Sehens I), 1990, Gustav Deutsch

13 Lakes

USA, 2004, James Benning
Digitization (2K) of the 16mm A/B original negative from the collection of the Austrian Film Museum. Commissioned by Neugerriemschneider (Berlin). Digitization and color correction: Haghefilm Digitaal (Waddinxveen).
 

Gustav Deutsch

63 Films

Digitization (2K) of 63 short films (1982-2003) by Gustav Deutsch and Hanna Schimek based on reversal originals, negatives, and positive prints. Funded by BMKOES as part of the "Kulturerbe digital" funding program. 
 

Michael Glawogger

10 Films

Digitization (2K) of 10 early short films (1981 to 1989) by Michael Glawogger based on reversal originals, negatives, and prints in the formats 16mm and Super8 .

Ashley Hans Scheirl
47 Filme

Digitization (2K) of 47 films (1979 to 1996) by Ashley Hans Scheirl based on reversal originals and positive prints from the Austrian Film Museum, "Kontakt Sammlung" of Erste Stiftung, and sixpackfilm. Funded by BMKOES as part of the "Kulturerbe digital" funding program.


Ten Skies

USA, 2004, James Benning

Digitization (2K) of the 16mm A/B original negative from the collection of the Austrian Film Museum. Commissioned by James Benning. Digitization and color correction: Haghefilm Digitaal (Waddinxveen).


The United States of America

USA, 1975, James Benning and Bette Gordon
Digitization (2K) of the 16mm reversal original from the collection of the Austrian Film Museum. Commissioned by James Benning. Digitization and color correction: Haghefilm Digitaal (Waddinxveen).
 

2023

Wienfilm 1896-1976, 1977, Ernst Schmidt jr.

James Benning

Early Works

Analog preservation and the creation of new 16mm prints based on surviving 16mm positive prints of did you ever hear that cricket sound (1971), Time and a Half (1972), 3 minutes on the dangers of film recording (1975), 8-1/2 X 11 (1974). Preservation work: ANDEC Cinegrell Filmtechnik GmbH (Berlin).
  

Dnevnik Glumova

Soviet Union, 1923, Sergei Eisenstein
Digitization (4K) of 35mm prints and digital reconstruction based on Naum Kleiman's findings about the original sequence of scenes.
 

Der Einzug des Rokoko ins Inselreich der Huzzis 

Austria, 1989, Andreas Karner, Mara Mattuschka, Hans Werner Poschauko
Digitization (2K) based on the original 16mm negative. Funded by BMKOES as part of the "Kulturerbe digital" funding program.
 

Slike iz života udarnika (Life of a Shock Force Worker)

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia), 1972, Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić (as Bata Čengić).
Digital restoration (4K) based on the 35mm image and sound negatives from the Croatian state archive - Croatian cinematheque and a 35mm reference print from Slovenska kinoteka. An initiative of Slovenska kinoteka in cooperation with the Croatian state archive - Croatian cinematheque, the Austrian Film Museum, and the Film Center Sarajevo. Supported by the ACE and the EU Creative Europe MEDIA programme as well as additional funding by the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia.
 

Suvlaki ist Babylon: komm, iss mit mir 

Austria/Germany, 1994, Mara Mattuschka
Digitization (2K) based on the original 16mm negative. Funded by BMKOES as part of the "Kulturerbe digital" funding program.
 

Wienfilm 1896-1976

Österreich, 1977, Ernst Schmidt jr.
Digital restoration (2K) from the original 16mm negative from the collection of the Austrian Film Museum. The English subtitles are based on a translation from Eve Heller and Peter Ahorner, which sixpackfilm made available to the Film Museum and which was adjusted for the restored version of the film. Commissioned by Helmut Benedikt. Funded by the BMKOES.
 

2022

Toilette, 1979, Friederike Pezold (pezoldo)

Gottfried Bechtold

11 Films

Digitization and digital preservation (2K) of 11 films by Gottfried Bechtold, based on the reversal originals. Commissioned by the Generali Foundation and Gottfried Bechtold.
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Das Motorrad-Bahnrennen des Ö.M.V. [The Austrian Motorsport Association championships]

Austria, 1927, Gustav Mayer
Digitization (4K) of the 35mm duplicate negative
Available on DVD
 

["Flamingo" Smart Export]

The Netherlands, ca. 1959, Geesink Studio
Digital restoration in 2K from a 35mm print.
 

Tomislav Gotovac
M, T, Kuda idemo ne pitajte

Digitization and digital restoration (2K) of 3 early films by Tomislav Gotovac in collaboration with the Croatian Film Association (Hrvatski filmski savez).

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Thomas Korschil
4 Films

Digitization and digital preservation (2K) of Untitled (1990), Spring (1991), Sunset Boulevard (1991) and Platz da, Halt (1993), based on the 16mm reversal originals and original negatives. Commissioned by Thomas Korschil and funded by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport.
 

"Praktiken des Lehr- und Unterrichtsfilms in Österreich"

Digitization and digital preservation (2K) of educational films from the collection of the Austrian Film Museum and other holdings, including the Österreichisches Volkshochschularchiv and the Vienna University of Technology, as part of the research project "Practices of Educational and Instructional Film in Austria" by the University of Vienna in cooperation with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History.

Project website
 

Toilette

Austria, 1979, Friederike Pezold

Digitization and restoration (2K) based on a 16mm duplicate negative for the image from the collection of the Austrian Film Museum and the sound of a 16mm print from the collection of Filmarchiv Austria. Commissioned by Friederike Pezold and supported by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport.
 

tx-transform

Austria, 1998, Martin Reinhart, Virgil Widrich

Digitization (6K) of the 35mm duplicate negative from the collection of the Austrian Film Museum.
 

 

2021

Mit dem Motorrad über die Wolken, 1926, Lothar Rübelt

Blind Husbands / Die Rache der Berge (Blinde Ehemänner)

USA, 1919, Erich von Stroheim
Digital restoration in 4K from a 35mm nitrate print from the collection of the Austrian Film Museum and a 35mm internegative from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (New York). Material preparation & scan 35mm nitrate print: ARRI Media (Munich). Scan 35mm internegative: Listo Media. Sponsor: ARRI Media (Munich)

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ARRI Media

Siegfried A. Fruhauf
3 16mm Filme

Österreich, 19992001
Digitization and digital preservation (2K) of three films, La Sortie (1999), Höhenrausch (1999) and Exposed (2001), based on positive as well as negative elements from the collection of the Austrian Film Museum, commissioned by Siegfried A. Fruhauf
 

Generali Foundation

Digitization and digital preservation (2K) of 8 films and film installations by different artists, based on the reversal originals and negatives from the collection of the Generali Foundation. Among others, works by VALIE EXPORT and Dorit Margreiter. Commissioned by the Generali Foundation
 

Mister Radio

Germany, 1924, Nunzio Malasomma
Digital restoration in 4K carried out by DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum based on the 35mm nitro print held in the collection of the Austrian Film Museum. Laboratory services: ARRI Media (Munich)
Available on DVD | Read more

 

Mit dem Motorrad über die Wolken (A Motorcycle Trip Among the Clouds)

Austria, 1926, Lothar Rübelt
Digital restoration and reconstruction in 4K from the original 35mm negative from the the Collection of the Filmarchiv Austria and a 35mm nitrate print from the Collection of the Austrian Film Museum. In cooperation with Filmarchiv Austria
Available on DVD | Read more
 

Ernst Schmidt jr.
Complete Works

Austria, 19631993
Digitization and digital preservation (2K) of the complete works (76 titles) of Ernst Schmidt jr. based on the reversal originals and original negatives kept at the Austrian Film Museum. Scan: Haghefilm Digitaal (Amsterdam). Commissioned by Helmut Benedikt and funded by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sports

Nana Swiczinsky
9 Films

Österreich, 19902005
Digitization (2K and 4K) 16mm and 35mm films: Vanishing Points (2005), A Day in the 1st World (1999), Point of View (1999), Trailer 1999 Diagonale (1999), Wieder Holung (1997), Käpt'n Knödl im Dreck (1993), Bio-Graphics (1992), Das ungehobelte Pack (1991), That to You (1990). Commissioned by Nana Swiczinsky and supported by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Public Service and Sport
 

2020

Grand Opera. An Historical Romance, 1979, James Benning

Renate Bertlmann
Film and Video

Austria, 19751994
Digitization and digital preservation (2K) of the 33 Super 8 films and 1 open reel video, kept at the Austrian Film Museum. Commissioned by Renate Bertlmann and funded by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sports

Grand Opera. An Historical Romance

USA/Canada, 1979, James Benning

Digital restoration in 2K starting from the 16mm reversal original. Sound Digitizing: Tremens
Available on DVD
 

Tatjana Ivančić
14 Super8 films

Croatia, 19701976
Digital restoration (2K) on the basis of the Super8 prints preserved at the Croation Film Archive. Image digitization and restoration: Austrian Film Museum. Sound digitization and restoration: Light shop d.o.o. / Digital Magic Studio (Zagreb). On behalf of Kinoklub Zagreb
The Films of Tatjana Ivančić /
The Digital Restoration Process

 

2018–2019

11x14

USA, 1977, James Benning
Digitally restored in 2K starting from the 16mm reversal original; film-out-recording on 35mm in cooperation with Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. (Berlin). Laboratory services: Laboratório ANIM, Cinemateca Portuguesa Museu do Cinema (Lissabon), L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna). Technical support was kindly provided by Cinnafilm, Inc. (New Mexico)
Available on DVD
 

Création de la Serpentine

France, 1908, Segundo de Chomón

Digitally restored in 4K from a stencil colored 35mm print. Material preparation & scan: AV Preservation by reto.ch (Écublens). With thanks to Reto Kromer
Read more | watch film online
 

 

Die Jagd nach der Million

Germany, 1929/30, Max Obal
Collaborative project: a digital restoration conducted by the German Film Institute & Film Museumin cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum and the CNC (Paris). The film was digitized at 2K resolution from well-preserved nitrate prints provided by CNC and the Austrian Film Museum. The sound, originally on disc, survived only in fragments. Within the digitization, image and sound were recombined again. 

Kinopravda No. 111, 1323

USSR, 19221925, Dziga Vertov
Digitization (2K) from 35mm b/w prints. Scan: Listo (Vienna)
Watch films online

Films by Kurt Kren

Austria, 19561996
Digitization (2K) of 52 films from 16mm and 35mm prints. In cooperation with sixpackfilm. With support from Bundeskanzleramt Österreich Innovative Film
 

Maria Lassnig "Films in progress"

Maria Lassnig's "Films in progress," shot in New York in the 1970s, were digitized by the Austrian Film Museum in cooperation with the Maria Lassnig Foundation and completed in Lassnig's spirit by Hans Werner Poschauko and Mara Mattuschka.

Publication + DVD available


Prazdnik Svjatogo Jorgena [Sound version]

USSR, 1930/1935, Jakov Protazanov
Digital restoration in 3K from a 35mm print

 

Twice a Man

USA, 1963, Gregory J. Markopoulos
Digitally restored in 2K starting from a 16mm color reversal from the collection of the EYE Filmmuseum (Amsterdam), recording on 35mm film. Restored in cooperation with Temenos, Inc. (New York) through the National Film Preservation Foundation's Avant-Garde Masters Grant program funded by The Film Foundation. Laboratory services: Laboratório ANIM - Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema (Lissabon), L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna). With thanks to the EYE Filmmuseum (Amsterdam)
Press Release
 

2016–2017

The Merry Widow, 1925, Erich von Stroheim

6/64 Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Mühl)

Austria, 1964, Kurt Kren
Digitally restored in 3K from the original 16mm negative
 

Arsenal

USSR, 1929, Aleksandr Dovženko
Digitization (2K) in cooperation with ZDF/ARTE. Scan: Listo (Vienna)

 

Three Films by Robert Beavers

Pitcher of Colored Light USA, 2007
The Suppliant USA, 2010
Listening to the Space in My Room USA/Germany/Switzerland, 2013
New 35mm prints from the original 16mm negatives. Laboratory services: Cinema Arts Inc. (Pennsylvania)

Entuziazm (Simfonija Donbassa)

UdSSR, 1930, Dziga Vertov
Digitally restored in 3K from a 35mm b/w positive print

Gratinirani mozak Pupilije Ferkeverk

Yugoslavia, 1970, Karpo Godina
Digitally restored in 3K from the original 35mm negative. Restored in cooperation with the Slovenska Kinoteka (Ljubljana) and the Jugoslovenska Kinoteka (Belgrade). Audio restoration: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna)
 

The Merry Widow

USA, 1925, Erich von Stroheim
Digitally restored in 3K from a 35mm b/w print

 

Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie

Yugoslavia, 1971, Karpo Godina
Digitally restored in 3K from the original 35mm negative. Restored in cooperation with the Slovenska Kinoteka (Ljubljana) and the Jugoslovenska Kinoteka (Belgrade). Audio restoration: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna)
 

O ljubavnim veštinama

Yugoslavia, 1972, Karpo Godina
Digitally restored in 3K from the original 35mm negative. Restored in cooperation with the Slovenska Kinoteka (Ljubljana). Audio restoration: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna). Thanks to Zastava Film (Belgrade)
 

O Panama

USA, 1985, James Benning and Burt Barr. Featuring: Willem Dafoe
Digitally restored in 2K from two 16mm prints. Audio digitization: Tremens-Film Tonstudio (Vienna)
Available on DVD
 

Films by Colin Ross

Preserved within the framework of the research project "Exploring the Interwar World: The Travelogues of Colin Ross (1885–1945)"
About the project | Website Mapping Colin Ross
 

[American Trip]

USA/Germany, late 1930s, Colin Ross

Preservation of 13 reels of 35mm nitrate positive (3K). Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)
 

[Indien, Ceylon – Benares, Gandhi]
[China Reise – Hongkong, Markt]
[Neuguinea]

Germany, 1930s, Colin Ross
Preservation of 3 reels of 35mm nitrate positive, Digitization (2K). Laboratory services and scan: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna)
 

Achtung Australien! Achtung Asien! Das Doppelgesicht des Ostens [Excerpts – Australien Reise]

Deutschland, 1930, Colin Ross
Digitization (2K) from a 35mm positive print. Scan: OMNIMAGO (Ingelheim)
 

Soviet film classics

Neobyčajnye priključenija mistera Vesta v strane bol'ševikov UdSSR, 1924, Director: Lev Kulešov
Mat' UdSSR, 1926, Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin
Devuška s korobkoj UdSSR, 1927, Director: Boris Barnet
Šinel' UdSSR, 1926, Director: Grigorij Kozincev/Leonid Trauberg
Bronenosec Potemkin UdSSR, 1925, Director: Sergej Eisenstein
Šestaja čast' mira UdSSR, 1926, Director: Dziga Vertov
Digitalization (2K) from 35mm b/w positive prints. In cooperation with trigon-film. Scan: Listo (Vienna)

 

Zdravi ljudi za razonodu

Yugoslavia, 1971, Karpo Godina
Digitally restored in 3K from the original 35mm negative. Restored in cooperation with the Slovenska Kinoteka (Ljubljana) and the Jugoslovenska Kinoteka (Belgrade). Audio restoration: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna)
 

2014–2015

The Salvation Hunters, 1925, Josef von Sternberg

Accattone

Italy, 1961, Pier Paolo Pasolini

New print from a 35mm composite duplicate negative. Laboratory services: Listo Videofilm (Vienna). Thanks to Koch Media (Planegg)

 

Africa Before Dark

USA, 1928, Walt Disney, Animation: Ub Iwerks

Digitally restored in 4K from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Restored by Walt Disney Studios in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum

 

California Trilogy: El Valley Centro / Los / Sogobi

USA, 1999-2001, James Benning

New prints from the original 16mm negatives. Laboratory services: Haghefilm-Digitaal (Amsterdam)

Available on DVD

  

The Case of Lena Smith [Fragment]

USA, 1929, Josef von Sternberg

Digitally restored in 3K from a 35mm b&w print. Thanks to the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University (Tokyo)
Available on DVD | See also: Josef von Sternberg. The Case of Lena Smith

 

casting a glance

USA, 2007, James Benning

New print from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Haghefilm-Digitaal (Amsterdam)

Available on DVD

 

Chicago Loop

USA, 1976, James Benning

Digitally restored from the 16mm reversal original. Restored by the Academy Film Archive (Los Angeles) in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum. Preservation supported by the National Film Preservation Foundation. Laboratory services: FotoKem (Los Angeles)

 

[d-c-fix]

Austria, 1963, Anon.

New print from the original 35mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Der Deserteur

Germany, 1909, Deutsche Mutoskop- und Biograph

Digitally restored in 3K from a tinted 35mm nitrate print

Watch film online

 

Ein Fabeltier fliegt nach Deutschland

FRG, 1954/55, Bernhard & Michael Grzimek

New print from the original 35mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to the Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF (Frankfurt a.M.) and Christian Grzimek

 

Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc.

USA, 1965/66, George Landow

Preserved from a 16mm print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

From the Notebook of...

USA, 2000, Robert Beavers

Digitally restored in 3K from the 35mm blow-up internegative

  

Eine Fuge

Austria, 1959, Jörg Ortner

New print from a 35mm duplicate negative (printed in 1996). Laboratory services: The Hungarian Filmlab (Budapest)

 

Das Gift der Eifersucht

Germany, 1920, Rudi Oehler
Digitally restored in 2K from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Restored by the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (Berlin) in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum. Technical services: Arri Media (Munich)

 

Hernals

Austria, 1967, Hans Scheugl

Digitally restored in 3K from the 16mm reversal original and a 16mm print (printed in 1996). Audio digitization: La Camera Ottica (Gorizia)
Read more
 

[Humanic passt immer]

Austria, 1968, Axel Corti

Preserved from a 35mm print. Laboratory services: The Hungarian Filmlab (Budapest)

 

[INKU. GF-Kante]

Austria, 1965, Anon.

New print from the original 35mm negative.Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Katzelmacher

FRG, 1969, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Digitally restored in 4K from the original 35mm negative and a contemporary 35mm print from the Austrian Film Museum. Restored by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation (Berlin)

Technical services: Arri Media (Munich)

 

Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. [Trailer]

Germany, 1931, Alexis Granowsky

Digitally restored in 2K from a 35mm nitrate print. Restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (Wiesbaden) in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum. Technical services: Arri Media (Munich)

 

Leben – BRD

FRG, 1990, Harun Farocki

New print from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Haghefilm-Digitaal (Amsterdam). Thanks to the Deutsche Kinemathek (Berlin) and the estate of Harun Farocki

 

Mister Radio

Germany, 1924, Nunzio Malasomma

Preserved from a tinted and toned 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna)

Read more

 

Österreich in Bild und Ton 27a/35

Austria, 1935, Väterländische Tonfilm GmbH

Preserved from a 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Online video collection "Austria in Sound and Vision: The Years 1935 to 1937"

 

Pacific Motion

Austria, 1981, Michael Glawogger

Digitally restored in 2K from a 16mm print

 

Panzerkreuzer Potemkin [German sound-on-disc version, 1930]

USSR/Germany, 1925/1930, Sergej Eisenstein. Adaptation: Piel Jutzi; Dialogue: A.J. Lippl; Music: Edmund Meisel

Digitally reconstructed in collaboration with the Berlin University of the Arts and the Technisches Museum Wien with the Österreichische Mediathek

Available on DVD

 

[The Poppy is Also a Flower / Poppies Are Also Flowers] [Unedited press interview footage]

Film: USA, 1966, Terence Young. Interviews: USA, 1966, Telsun Foundation Inc./CBS/NBC. Featuring: Yul Brynner, Angie Dickinson, Rita Hayworth, Trevor Howard, Terence Young

Digitally restored in 2K from a 35mm print. Audio digitization: Tremens-Film Tonstudio (Vienna)
 

Prater

Austria, 1929, Friedrich Kuplent

Digitally restored in 2K from the 9.5mm reversal original. Restored in cooperation with the Klub der Kinoamateure Österreichs. Scan: La Camera Ottica (Gorizia)

 

RR

USA, 2007, James Benning

New print from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Haghefilm-Digitaal (Amsterdam)

Available on DVD

 

The Salvation Hunters

USA, 1925, Josef von Sternberg

Digitally restored in 3K from a 35mm b&w print. Thanks to the UCLA Film & Television Archive (Los Angeles)

Available on DVD | ARTE trailer (German)

 

[The Shoes of the Fisherman – Artists tests featuring Oskar Werner]

Film: USA, 1968, Michael Anderson. Tests: USA, 1967, Anthony Asquith

Digitally restored in 2K from a 16mm reduction print. Scan: La Camera Ottica (Gorizia); Audio digitization: Listo Videofilm (Vienna)

 

[Tapisom]

Austria, 1964, Anon.

Digitally restored in 3K from a heavily faded 35mm print. Optical soundtrack negative & print: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Watch film online

 

Das Teufelchen

Germany, 1917/18, Dr. R. Portegg [=Rosa Porten & Franz Eckstein]

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Swedish Film Institute (Stockholm)

 

Tiere ohne Feind und Furcht

FRG, 1953, Bernhard & Michael Grzimek

New print from the original 35mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to the Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF (Frankfurt a.M.) and Christian Grzimek

 

Der Verlorene

FRG, 1951, Peter Lorre

New print from a 35mm duplicate negative. Laboratory services: Listo Videofilm (Vienna). Thanks to the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (Berlin)

 

[Vienna 1920]

France, early 1920s, Gaumont

Digitally restored in 3K from a 35mm b&w print

Watch film online

 

Wienfilm 1896-1976

Austria, 1977, Ernst Schmidt jr.

New print from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to Helmut Benedikt

 

Wir laden zum Fünf Uhr Tee

Germany (Donau- und Alpenreichsgaue), 1944, Friedrich Kuplent

Digitally restored in 2K from a 16mm print. Restored in cooperation with the Klub der Kinoamateure Österreichs

Watch excerpt online

 

Die Zauberlaterne – Filmen kinderleicht

Germany, 1938, Gerd Briese

Digitally restored in 2K from a 16mm print

 

Der zerbrochene Spiegel

Austria, 1935, Josef Deimel

Digitally restored in 2K from a 16mm print. Restored in cooperation with the Klub der Kinoamateure Österreichs
 

2012–2013

Zetteldämmerung, 1979, Alfred Kaiser

A.P. (Anno Passato)

Yugoslavia, 1966, Karpo Ačimović (Godina)

Digitally restored in 2K from the 8mm reversal original. Restored by the Slovenska Kinoteka (Ljubljana) in collaboration with La Camera Ottica (Gorizia) and the Austrian Film Museum

 

Divjad

Yugoslavia, 1965, Karpo Godina and Jure Pervanje

Digitally restored in 2K from the 8mm reversal original. Restored by the Slovenska Kinoteka (Ljubljana) in collaboration with La Camera Ottica (Gorizia) and the Austrian Film Museum

 

Dokfah Nai Meu Maan / Mysterious Object at Noon

Thailand, 2000, Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Digitally restored in 3K from the 35mm blow-up internegative. Restored in cooperation with The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project

Available on DVD

Read more

 

Ein drittes Reich

Austria, 1975, Alfred Kaiser

New print from the 16mm master negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Preservation supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture

 

Four Corners

USA, 1997, James Benning

New print from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema (Lisbon)

Available on DVD

 

Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt [Trailer]

Germany, 1929, Kurt (Curtis) Bernhardt

Scanned in 2K and digitally restored in HD from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (Wiesbaden) in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum. Technical services: Omnimago (Ingelheim)

Available on DVD from Universum Film

 

Hotel

FRG, 1976, Heinz Emigholz

Preserved from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Ironie della vita [Fragment]

Italy, 1917, Mario Roncoroni

Digitally restored in 2K from a tinted 35mm nitrate print

Watch film online

 

Itch

Armenian SSR, 1975, Hamlet Hovsepian

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Kaiserschnitt – Eine Operette

Austria, 1977, Alfred Kaiser

Preserved from the 16mm master negative and a 16mm print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Preservation supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture

 

Der lebende Leichnam / Živoj trup

Germany/USSR, 1929, Fedor Ocep

Restored via analog and digital techniques from a 35mm duplicate negative (printed in 1988) and three 35mm b&w nitrate prints. Restored in collaboration with the Deutsche Kinemathek (Berlin) with the support of the Cinémathèque suisse (Lausanne) and the Fondazione Cineteca Italiana (Milan)

Read more

 

Noch ein drittes Reich aus seinem Abfall

Austria, 1977, Alfred Kaiser

New print from the 16mm master negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Preservation supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture

 

Odmev in odziv

Yugoslavia, 1965, Vinko Rozman

Digitally restored in 2K from the 8mm reversal original. Restored by the Slovenska Kinoteka (Ljubljana) in collaboration with La Camera Ottica (Gorizia) and the Austrian Film Museum

 

Pes 

Yugoslavia, 1965, Karpo Godina and Mario Ursic

Digitally restored in 2K from the 8mm reversal original. Restored by the Slovenska Kinoteka (Ljubljana) in collaboration with La Camera Ottica (Gorizia) and the Austrian Film Museum

 

Spione [Trailer]

Germany, 1928, Fritz Lang

Preserved from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Laboratory services: Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema (Lisbon). Thanks to the Geheimnisvoller Filmclub Buio-Omega (Gelsenkirchen-Buer)

Available on DVD and Blu-ray from Kino Lorber

 

[tapiflex von INKU / tapisom von INKU]

Austria, 1966, Anon.

New print from the original 35mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Untitled 1976

Armenian SSR, 1976, Hamlet Hovsepian

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Zetteldämmerung

Austria, 1979, Alfred Kaiser

New print from the 16mm master negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Preservation supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture
  

2010–2011

Einsvierzig, 1980, Ulrich Seidl

American Dreams (lost and found)

USA, 1984, James Benning

Digitally restored in 3K from the 16mm reversal original. Audio restoration: La Camera Ottica (Gorizia), Amann Studios (Vienna)

Read more | Available on DVD

 

Arrowplane

FRG, 1974, Heinz Emigholz

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Der Ball

Austria, 1982, Ulrich Seidl

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original and a 16mm print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Preservation supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture

 

[Bata Shoe Factory, Zlín]

ČSR, early 1930s, Unknown
New print from the original 35mm nitrate negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Batang West Side

Philippines, 2001, Lav Diaz
New print from the 35mm internegative supervised by Lav Diaz. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)
Available on DVD
 

Bøhmisk Schweiz

Denmark, 1915, Nordisk Films Co.
Preserved from a stencil colored 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Boje sanjaju

Yugoslavia, 1958, Dušan Makavejev

Preserved from the original 35mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to Zagreb Film

 

Čelovek s kinoapparatom

USSR, 1929, Dziga Vertov

Digitally restored in 2K from a full-frame 35mm nitrate print. Restored by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands (Amsterdam) in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Chaussure trop étroite

France, 1907, Pathé Frères. Featuring: Max Linder

Digitally restored in 3K from a partially tinted 35mm nitrate print
Read more | watch excerpt online

 

Le Chemineau rinckeur

France, 1911, Jean Durand
Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Demon

FRG, 1977, Heinz Emigholz

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Desulo

Italy, 1957, Fiorenzo Serra
Digitally restored in 3K from the original 35mm FerraniaColor negative. Restored by the Cineteca Sarda (Cagliari) and La Camera Ottica (Gorizia) in collaboration with the Austrian FIlm Museum

 

Divertissement Chinois

France, 1909, Pathé Frères
Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

[Dollfuss' Birthplace 1934]

Austria, 1934, Anon.

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Einsvierzig

Austria, 1980, Ulrich Seidl

Preserved from a 16mm print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Preservation supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture

 

En Chine – Shanghai

France, 1908, Pathé Frères
Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Les Équilibristes Godayou

France, 1911, Pathé Frères

Digitally restored in 4K from a stencil colored 35mm nitrate print
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Die Eröffnung der Packstraße
(Opening of Packstraße)

Austria, 1936, Anon.
Digitally restored in 2K from the 9.5mm reversal originals. Scan: La Camera Ottica (Gorizia)
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Ether Symphony

Netherlands, 1936, George Pal
Preserved from a 35mm Gasparcolor nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

[Familiengruppenbild]
(Family Group Portrait)

Austria, 1930s, Anon.
Digitally restored in 2K from the 9.5mm reversal originals. Scan: La Camera Ottica (Gorizia)
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La France pittoresque – Quelques coins des Vosges

France, 1914, Pathé Frères
Preserved from a stencil colored 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

[Hitler Youth in Salzburg 1938]

Germany (Ostmark), 1938, Unknown

Preserved from a 35mm nitrate duplicate negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

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i-94

USA, 1974, James Benning and Bette Gordon

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original

Preserved by Anthology Film Archives (New York) in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum. Preservation supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Women's Film Preservation Fund

 

Jérusalem [Fragment]

France, 1907, Léo Lefebvre

Preserved from a stencil colored 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to Kurt Mayer

 

Landscape Suicide

USA, 1986, James Benning
New print from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)
Available on DVD

 

[Make-up Tests for A Little Night Music]

USA, 1977, Harold Prince. Featuring: Elizabeth Taylor
Digitally restored in 2K from a heavily faded 35mm print

Read more | Watch excerpt online

 

Mat' [Austrian Release Trailer]

Film: USSR, 1926, Vsevolod Pudovkin. Trailer: Austria, 1927, Producer: Hans-Otto Löwenstein
Digitally restored in 3K from a 35mm b&w nitrate print

Read more | Watch excerpt online

 

Michigan Avenue

USA, 1973, James Benning and Bette Gordon

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original

Preserved by Anthology Film Archives (New York) in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum. Preservation supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Women's Film Preservation Fund

 

[Oyster Fishing]

France, 1910s, Anon.

Preserved from a tinted and toned 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

  

Po zakonu

USSR, 1926, Lev Kulešov

Preserved from a 35mm print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Available on DVD

 

Poivrot incendiaire

France, 1909, Gaumont
Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Prokleti praznik

Yugoslavia, 1958, Dušan Makavejev

Preserved from the original 35mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to Zagreb Film

 

Der Sankt Gotthard V. Von Göschenen nach Wassen

France, 1913, Gaumont
Preserved from a hand colored and tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Der Sankt Gotthard VI. Von Wassen nach Amsteg

France, 1913, Gaumont
Preserved from a stencil colored 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Schenec-Tady I

FRG, 1973, Heinz Emigholz

New print from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Schenec-Tady II

FRG, 1975, Heinz Emigholz

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Schenec-Tady III

FRG, 1972-1975, Heinz Emigholz

Preserved from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Schrattenské údolí v Dolních Rakousích

Austria-Hungary, 1910s, Anon.
Digitally restored in 2K from a tinted and toned 35mm nitrate print

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Slikovnica pčelara

Yugoslavia, 1958, Dušan Makavejev

Preserved from the original 35mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to Zagreb Film

 

Das Souper um Mitternacht

Germany, 1921, Hans Werckmeister
Restored by the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (Berlin) from a tinted and toned 35mm nitrate print from the Austrian Film Museum. Laboratory services: ABC & Taunusfilm (Wiesbaden)

 

Tabu [Outtakes]

USA, 1931, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau

Preservation of all 92 reels of 35mm nitrate camera negative and 35mm nitrate positive. Laboratory services: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna)

About the project "The Making of F.W. Murnau's Tabu"

 

Terre idéale

France, 1937, Jean Kharski

Preserved from a 35mm Ufacolor nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

The Three Musketeers [Outtakes]

USA, 1921, Fred Niblo. Featuring: Douglas Fairbanks

Preservation of three (from a total of 130) reels of 35mm nitrate positive. Preserved in cooperation with the Library of Congress (Washington, DC). Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)
Watch excerpt online

 

Tide

FRG, 1975, Heinz Emigholz

New print from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

The United States of America

USA, 1975, James Benning and Bette Gordon

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives (New York) in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum. Preservation supported by the National Film Preservation Foundation

 

Der Wiener Prater und seine Geschichte

Germany (Ostmark/Donau- und Alpenreichsgaue), 19391944, Rudolf Strasser

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from the 9.5mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Watch film online
 

2008–2009

Khaneh siah ast (The House is Black), 1962, Forough Farrokhzad

Acrobaties sur avion

France, 1922, Pathé Frères

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from a 9.5mm Pathé Baby print. Laboratory services: Andec Filmtechnik (Berlin)

 

[Amateur Footage of Vienna, Spring 1938]

Germany (Ostmark), 1938, Anon.

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from the 9.5mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Andec Filmtechnik (Berlin)

Watch excerpt online

 

[August Brunetti-Pisano and his Mother]

Austria-Hungary, 1913, Unknown

Preserved from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam). Thanks to the Salzburg Museum

 

Buntes Allerlei
[Compilation Film]

Austria i.a., 19111937, Anon.

Partially preserved from a heavily damaged 16mm print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

[Dog Theater]

Germany, 1930s, Anon.

Preserved from a 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Eternal Love
[Austrian Release Trailer]

USA, 1929, Ernst Lubitsch

Digitally restored in 2K from a 35mm b&w nitrate print
Read more

 

[Festive Parade in Neunkirchen]

Austria, 1936, Unknown

New print from the unedited 35mm nitrate camera negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Glück über Nacht

Germany, 1932, Max Neufeld

Restored by the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (Berlin) from a 35mm nitrate print from the Austrian Film Museum

 

[International Hairdressing Award 1937 in Vienna]

Austria, 1937, Fritz Deixler

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from the 9.5mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Andec Filmtechnik (Berlin)

 

Jone ovvero gli ultimi giorni di Pompei

Italy, 1913, Giovanni Enrico Vidali

Restored by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema (Turin) and the Cineteca di Bologna in cooperation with the Austrian Film Museum, the Deutsche Kinemathek (Berlin) and the British Film Institute (London). Laboratory services: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna)

 

[Kapirim' Poschi]

Austria, 1938, Anon.

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from the 9.5mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Andec Filmtechnik (Berlin)

 

Khaneh siah ast

Iran, 1963, Forugh Farrokhzad
Preserved from a 35mm print containing French subtitles. Kopierarbeiten: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

 

Kinopravda No. 111 & 1323

USSR, 19221925, Dziga Vertov

Preserved from 35mm prints. Preserved in cooperation with RGAKFD (Krasnogorsk). Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Die KPÖ in Bildern

Austria, 1945, Anon.

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Watch excerpt online

 

Das Leichenbegängnis weiland seiner kaiserlichen Hoheit Erzherzog Ferdinand der IV. Großherzog von Toskana am 21. Jänner 1908 in Salzburg

Austria-Hungary, 1908, Phillip Strasser

Preserved from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam). Thanks to the Salzburg Museum

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Max Toréador

France, 1913, Max Linder

Preserved from a partially tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

[Mes jambes]

France, 1965, Pierre Molinier

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from two 8mm reversal originals from the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris). Dupe negative: Blow Up Fotomanufaktur (Munich); Print: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

[Moderne Seiltänzer]

France, 19271929, Pathé Frères i.a.

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate compilation reel. Preserved in cooperation with the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)
Watch film online

 

Das Österreichische Derby 1914 in der Freudenau

Austria-Hungary, 1914, Pathé Frères

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

[Partisan Executions, Russia]

USSR, 1940s, Anon.

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from the 9.5mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Das Rennen der Damen 1923

Austria, 1923, Österreichischer Filmdienst

Preserved from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Watch excerpt online

 

Sicilia Illustrata

Italy, 1907, Arturo Ambrosio

Restored by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema (Turin) from a tinted and toned 35mm nitrate print from the Austrian Film Museum. Laboratory services: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna)

 

Tante Klementine

Germany (Donau- und Alpenreichsgaue), 1943, Anon.

Preserved from a 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Watch film online
 

2006–2007

Fületlen gomb, 1918 Jenö Kéméndy

ASKÖ-Wintersportmeisterschaften in Mürzzuschlag

Austria, 1947, Anon.

Preserved from the original 35mm nitrate negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sport und Körperkultur in Österreich

 

Le Baromètre

Austria, 2004, Friedl Kubelka-Bondy

Preserved via 35mm blow-up from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Les Chiens savants

France, 1909, Pathé Frères

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print and a 35mm duplicate negative. Preserved in cooperation with the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Available on DVD

 

The Dead Ones

USA, 1949, Gregory J. Markopoulos

Preserved from the original 35mm nitrate negative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Deseret

USA, 1995, James Benning

New print from the original 16mm negative

Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Available on DVD

 

[Dziga Vertov Exhibition Opening April 18, 1974]

Austria, 1974, Unknown

New color print from the original 16mm negative

Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Available on DVD

 

Ėntuziazm (Simfonija Donbassa)

USSR, 1930, Dziga Vertov

New print from a 35mm duplicate negative (1972 restored version). Laboratory services: Listo Videofilm (Vienna)

Available on DVD

 

Das erste deutsche Gauturnfest des Turngaues Wien am 2. und 3. Juli am Trabrennplatz

Austria, 1927, Gustav Mayer

Preserved from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sport und Körperkultur in Österreich

 

Erstes Bundesturnfest des deutschen Turnerbundes in Linz 1922

Austria, 1922, Eckart-Film

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sport und Körperkultur in Österreich

 

Fületlen gomb

Austria-Hungary, 1918, Jenö Kéméndy
Restored by the Hungarian National Film Archive (Budapest) from a tinted 35mm nitrate print from the Austrian Film Museum. Laboratory Services: The Hungarian Filmlab (Budapest)

 

[HA.WEI. March 14, 1938]

Germany (Ostmark), 1938, Anon.

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original

Watch film online

 

Kesseltreiben

Austria, 1987, Arnold Schicker

New print from the 16mm internegative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Meissner Porzellan! Lebende Skulpturen der Diodattis im Berliner Wintergarten

Germany, ca. 1910, Gaumont

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Watch film online

 

Sculpteur moderne

France, 1908, Segundo de Chomón

Digitally restored in HD from a stencil colored 35mm nitrate print. Restored in cooperation with the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

Available on DVD

 

Völkergemisch im Wiener Prater. Ausländische Arbeitskräfte im Wiener Prater 1943

Germany (Donau- und Alpenreichsgaue), 1943, Frank Ward Rossak

Preserved from the original 35mm nitrate negative. Dupe positive: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Dupe negative & print: Listo Videofilm (Vienna)

 

Wessen Aurach, dessen Traun

Austria, 1984, Arnold Schicker

New print from the 16mm internegative. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Das zweite deutsche Bundesturnfest in Wien

Austria, 1926, Gustav Mayer

Preserved from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Laboratory services: Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna). Thanks to the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sport und Körperkultur in Österreich
 

2004–2005

Langsamer Sommer, 1976, John Cook

Bardo Follies

USA, 1967, George Landow

Preserved from a 16mm print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Bei Achmed Beh

Germany (Donau- und Alpenreichsgaue), 1944, Anon.

Preserved from a 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

Watch excerpt online

 

Diploteratology

USA, 1967, George Landow

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam). Thanks to Anthology Film Archives (New York)

 

A Film of Their 1973 Spring Tour Commissioned by Christian World Liberation Front of Berkeley, California

USA, 1974, George Landow

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam). Thanks to Anthology Film Archives (New York)
 

The Film that Rises to the Surface of Clarified Butter

USA, 1968, George Landow

Preserved from a 16mm print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)
 

Ich schaff's einfach nimmer

Austria, 1973, John Cook

New print from a 16mm duplicate negative. Laboratory services: Listo Videofilm (Vienna)

Available on DVD

 

Langsamer Sommer

Austria, 1976, John Cook

New print from the 35mm blow-up internegative. Laboratory services: Listo Videofilm (Vienna)

Available on DVD

 

Der Mandarin

Austria, 1918, Fritz Freisler

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Preserved in cooperation with the George Eastman House (Rochester, NY). Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Miliz in der Früh

Austria, 1966, Hans Scheugl

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original

 

Ohne Titel

Austria, 1981, Heimo Zobernig

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from the Super 8 reversal original. Laboratory services: Probst Film Tricktechnik (Ostermundigen)

 

Ein Reisefilm unter Führung von Erika Mann

Germany, early 1930s, Unknown

Preserved from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Laboratory services: The Hungarian Filmlab (Budapest), Synchro Film, Video & Audio Bearbeitungs GmbH (Vienna)

 

Schwitzkasten

Austria, 1978, John Cook

New print from the original 16mm negative. Laboratory services: Listo Videofilm (Vienna)

Available on DVD

 

Thank You Jesus for the Eternal Present

USA, 1973, George Landow

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam). Thanks to Anthology Film Archives (New York)

 

Untitled 1 (Hairwashing, bald head from behind, close-up yawning man, and woman gnawing her fingernails)

Armenian SSR, 1975, Hamlet Hovsepian

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Kopierarbeiten: Listo Videofilm (Wien)

 

Untitled 2 (Yawning man sitting on a chair in full view)

Armenian SSR, 1975, Hamlet Hovsepian

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Listo Videofilm (Vienna)

 

What's Wrong With This Picture? 1

USA, 1971, George Landow

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam). Thanks to Anthology Film Archives (New York)

 

What's Wrong With This Picture? 2

USA, 1972, George Landow

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam). Thanks to Anthology Film Archives (New York)
 

2002–2003

Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo, 1921, Adolf Gärtner

Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo

Germany, 1921, Adolf Gärtner

Restored by the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (Berlin) from a tinted and toned 35mm nitrate print from the Austrian Film Museum. Laboratory services: ABC & Taunusfilm (Wiesbaden)

 

Achtung Australien! Achtung Asien! Das Doppelgesicht des Ostens [Outtakes – Australian Trip]

Germany, 1930, Colin Ross

Preservation of one reel of 35mm nitrate positive. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

 

Das Baby

Austria, 1918, Hans Karl Breslauer. Featuring: Hans Moser

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

 

Einatmen und ausatmen

Austria, 1967, Günter Brus

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

 

Fingerprint

Austria, 1968, Peter Weibel

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

 

Gammelion

USA, 1967, Gregory J. Markopoulos

Preserved from a 16mm direct print (printed in 1972 from the reversal original). Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Das goldene Wiener Herz

Austria-Hungary, 1911, Ernst Klein

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Haghefilm Conservation (Amsterdam)

 

Klavier Salon 1. Stock

Austria, 1956, Kurt Kren

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from the 8mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Andec Filmtechnik (Berlin)

 

Klein-Evchen

Austria, 1918, Hans Karl Breslauer

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

 

König der Zwerge und der arme Weber

ČSR, 1920s, Anon.

Preserved from a tinted 35mm nitrate print. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

 

Oh Dem Watermelons

USA, 1965, Robert Nelson

Preserved from a 16mm print. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

 

Pullover

Austria, 1967, Günter Brus

Preserved from the 16mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

 

Rom [Fragment]

Austria, 1956, Kurt Kren

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from the 8mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Andec Filmtechnik (Berlin)

 

[Schneewittchen]

Germany, late 1920s, Robert Fürst

Preserved from a 35mm b&w nitrate print. Laboratory services: Listo Film (Vienna)

 

Tabu Takes & Outtakes

USA, 1931, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. Outtakes edited by: Enno Patalas

Preservation of two reels of 35mm nitrate camera negative. Preserved in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna. Laboratory services: L'Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna)

Available on DVD and Blu-ray from Kino Lorber | Project "The Making of F.W. Murnau's Tabu"

 

Das Walk

Austria, 1956, Kurt Kren

Preserved via 16mm blow-up from the 8mm reversal original. Laboratory services: Andec Filmtechnik (Berlin)