On this occasion she grants her audience an insight into her life as an actress and as a private individual in this documentary “Christiane Hörbiger – A Portrait from Close Quarters”. In his very personal film Gerhard Tötschinger depicts Christiane Hörbiger’s wonderful career from the Vienna Burgtheater via Hollywood and her great cinema and television successes right up to the current, extremely well-received television films. And against this background Christiane Hörbiger also presents her successful artistic family, three generations in the theatre and films.