`The experience of misfortune makes you more tolerable to people`
(World News Austria)

The prominent Austrian actress Maria Hofstaetter on the hypocrisy of intellectuals, the sources of fanaticism, and the contrasts of Ukrainian life Maria Hofstaetter attained fame in 2001, when she played an urban madwoman - irksome, ingenuous, and credulous like a child - in Dog Days, a full-length feature film debut of the Austrian documentarian Ulrich Seidl. The film became a sensation at the Venice Festival and won the Grand Prix of the main contest. ......