Austria

Vienna. Historical Fiction. Based on a true story. A rising, young and glamorous star of the stage, Hedy catches the eye of an Austrian arms dealer and it is her beauty and her that protects her from the rising Nazi party. Once married, she is present at her husband's dinners and meetings, displayed for her looks and with her scientific interests and intellect going unnoticed.  Underestimated by the men in the room, she develops a keen understanding of the Third Reich's plans and potential flaws. Fleeing to Hollywood she becomes Hedy Lamarr, a star of the silver screen, and develops an idea to help combat the enemy.

Historical fiction. Vienna, 1912. Behind every painting, there is a story...A new century is dawning. Vienna is at its zenith, an opulent, extravagant city teeming with art, music and radical ideas. It is a place where anything seems possible... Edith and Adele are sisters, the daughters of a wealthy bourgeois family. They are expected to follow the rules, to marry well, and produce children. Gertrude is in thrall to her flamboyant older brother. Marked by a traumatic childhood, she envies the freedom he so readily commands. Vally was born into poverty but is making her way in the world as a model for the eminent artist Gustav Klimt. Fierce, passionate and determined, none of these women is quite what they seem. But their lives are set on a collision course when they become entangled with the controversial young artist Egon Schiele whose work - and private life - are sending shockwaves through Viennese society. All it will take is a single act of betrayal to set their world on fire...

1950s Austria. Vanessa March's husband Lewis is meant to be on a business trip in Stockholm. So why does he briefly appear in newsreel footage of a fire at a circus in Vienna, with his arm around another woman?  Vanessa flies to Austria to find her husband - and inadvertently becomes involved in a mystery surrounding the famous dancing stallions of Austria's Spanish Riding School . . .