Franz Fuchs – A Patriot

• Feature documentary
• 85 min.
• Participating television broadcaster: ORF

When terrorist Franz Fuchs committed suicide in 2000 it seemed as if Austria had buried a painful chapter from its past. Filmmaker Elisabeth Scharang takes another look at the case.

FRANZ FUCHS – A PATRIOT reveals new facets of the situation that go beyond the actual criminal case. A feature documentary film, this psychodrama of a lone perpetrator, which is interwoven with documentary sequences and archival material, becomes the first film to tackle this topic comprehensively, questioning the political climate in Austria and Europe as well as the story of an exceptionally talented person who ended up a terrorist instead of a nuclear physicist.