Models

Feb 26, 1999

1h 58m

★ 6.0

Overview

A revealing and devastating portrait of a trio of aspiring real-life Viennese models. Vivian will stop at nothing to be a magazine cover girl. Lisa fills her time with routine plastic surgery and cocaine binges, while innocent Tanja focuses on the mystical through tarot cards, yoga, and raw animal energy.

Genres

Documentary

Drama

Production Companies

MR Filmproduktion

Models Trailers

Cast

Vivian

Vivian Bartsch

Tanja

Tanja Petrovsky

Lisa

Lisa Grossmann

Elvyra

Elvyra Geyer

Lover

Gernot Assinger

Peter Baumann

Photographer

Michael Dürr

Lover

Alex Greinecker

Photographer

Andreas Herrmann

Werner, Vivian's friend

Werner Hotzy

Lover

Oliver Jysta

Oliver

Oliver Ottenschläger

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