- HD 1080
- Runtime: 107m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: de
- Country: Austria
- Director: Michael Haneke
- Stars: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Silvia Fenz, Robert Dietl
- 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
- Production_studio: Wega Film
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The The Seventh Continent is featured in the top rankings of 1989
- #9 in Top Drama Movies of 1989
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.