The Seventh Continent (1989)
October 20, 1989
Drama
1h 47m
![Poster for The Seventh Continent](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hPwtcwwmOnW7Mqr1s170LHxa74A.jpg)
![Backdrop for The Seventh Continent](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/aI4PZbPUeuOc91OCi7TmjFza5Rk.jpg)
Chronicles three years of a middle class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, only troubled by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence however, they are actually planning something sinister.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Michael Haneke
- Anna Schober Birgit Doll
- Georg Schober Dieter Berner
- Eva Schober Leni Tanzer
- Optician Customer Silvia Fenz
- Georg's Superior Robert Dietl
- Fault Service of the Post Office Georg Friedrich
- Alexander Udo Samel
Recommendations
Keywords
- nihilism
- boredom
- modernity
- family's daily life
- materialism
- based on true story
- middle class
- dysfunctional family
- industrial society
- misanthrophy
- mass suicide
- destruction
- car wash
- quitting a job
- meaningless existence
- optometrist
- 1980s
- postmodernism
- bleak
- urban horror
- self destructiveness
- urban malaise
- daily routine