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Martin Gschlacht

Martin Gschlacht

Cinematographer and producer · Born January 1, 1969 (57) · Vienna, Austria

Berlinale award winner

Martin Gschlacht was born in 1969 in Vienna, Austria. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Goodnight Mommy (2014), The Devil's Bath (2024) and Hotel (2004).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
January 1, 1969 (57)
From
Vienna, Austria
Works as
Cinematographer and producer
Titles
21 on Motif · 54 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 34% in 30 days

What are Martin Gschlacht's films like?

Across their 21 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama11 titlesTypical Motif score: 41st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Motif score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Motif score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
22%
Bonds
21%
Society
16%
Power
14%
Survival
13%
Morality
10%
Ideas
4%
Isolation9 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 13 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 12 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 1

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 13

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 10

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Melancholic
15
Dread
6
Cold
6
Contemplative
5
Other
12

How their films linger

Thought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous8
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Martin Gschlacht's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 21 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Martin Gschlacht's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

54 credits, 21 with a Motif page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Blood Countess(2026)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Our Girls(2025)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Warum ich? (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Camera Department Manager

  • Happyland (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Kafka (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

  • The Devil's Bath(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Club Zero(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Der weiße Kobold (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    Cinematographer

  • Why Not You(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Letzter Kirtag (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Little Joe(2019)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Motif score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Interdependence (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Kingdom (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • Wiener Blut (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    Cinematographer

  • M - A City Hunts a Murderer (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Alpha(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Tehran Taboo(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Looking for Oum Kulthum (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2017)

    Cinematographer

  • Hidden Reserves (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Bergfried (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    Camera Operator

  • Secret of the Midwife (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Drei Eier im Glas (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • Goodnight Mommy(2014)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Therapy for a Vampire(2014)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 50th percentile of all films

  • In the Basement(2014)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Cure: The Life of Another(2014)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Amour Fou(2014)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Motif score: 59th percentile of all films

  • October November (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich(2012)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Motif score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Wall(2012)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Motif score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Shadows from the Past (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Cinematographer

  • Breathing (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Cinematographer

  • Anna and the Prince (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer

  • What You Don't See (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer

  • Lourdes(2009)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Motif score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Women Without Men (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer

  • Revanche (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • Forever Never Anywhere (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • Slumming (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)

    Camera Operator

  • Zarin (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    Cinematographer

  • Darwin's Nightmare (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    Producer

  • Hotel(2004)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Motif score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Antares(2004)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Visions of Europe (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)

    Cinematographer

  • Kaltfront (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)

    Camera Operator

  • Free Radicals(2003)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Motif score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Lovely Rita(2001)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Spiel im Morgengrauen (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)

    Cinematographer

  • Luna Papa (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Cinematographer

  • Inter-View (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Cinematographer

  • Eine geht (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    Sound

  • Sushi (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    Cinematographer

  • Toxic (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 53 titles, 52 of them dated from 1992 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Alpha (2018)

$97M worldwide

Highest rated

Our Girls (2025)

Motif 89th

Most popular right now

Alpha (2018)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing10 of 53: 1 only producing, 9 with another role · typical Motif score56thCinematography47 of 53: 38 only cinematography, 9 with another role · typical Motif score52ndOther crew5 of 53: 5 only other crew, 0 with another role

53 titles, 9 with more than one role — cinematography and producing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

1990s4 · crew2000s15 · crew2010s22 · crew2020s11 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Won a Berlinale award in 2024, Outstanding Artistic Contribution.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Martin Gschlacht's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Motif score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 21 titles are Mixed.

  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · cinematographer

The Blood Countess (2026)

75th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Our Girls (2025)

Motif 89th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 77/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 57. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Martin Gschlacht's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 Motif titles with content scores, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and profanity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles13–83 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles11–76 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 31
Profanity5 titles1–51 · median 8 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 35
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles3–40 · median 24 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles26–83 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Martin Gschlacht work with?

People who share at least 2 of Martin Gschlacht's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bruno Wagner shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles