The Vienna Burgtheater has separated from him, colleagues are disgusted, ZDF has cut a passage with him from the crime series "Die Toten von Salzburg" and the Sisi film "Corsage", in which he portrays Emperor Franz Joseph plays has disappeared from the cinemas.

Just away, just out of sight - that's the motto.

Quite understandable in view of the offense of which the forty-three-year-old actor Florian Teichtmeister is guilty: more than 58,000 files with child pornographic content were found on him – files with sexual acts, including those on children under the age of 14.

Teichtmeister, who read several letters from victims at an event against child abuse in the Austrian Parliament in 2016, has now pleaded guilty.

His career as an acting star is at an end, his reputation destroyed forever.

His former colleagues are ostentatiously dismayed and stunned.

However, in the past few days there have also been indications that quite a few have known for a long time about the dangerous sexual inclination of their fellow actors.

The filmmaker Sebastian Brauneis distanced himself from the "alleged abuse" of Teichtmeister in a Facebook post in 2021, but without naming his name.

Who knew what when?

The Burgtheater also stated in a statement that it was already aware of the allegations in September 2021.

However, at that time there were no results from the police investigation, so the castle rightly did not take any legal action.

Even in the case of serious allegations, the presumption of innocence must apply as long as they remain a rumour.

In Austria it is now being debated to what extent the whole "industry" knew something about Teichtmeister's pedophilic tendencies.

The Association of Film Directors in Austria objects to this assumption.

In an open letter he calls for differentiation.

Why?

Not because he would have mercy on the fallen Florian Teichtmeister, but because "Corsage" is among the 15 candidates for the foreign Oscar.

Daring feminist ruse

Using a daring feminist trick, the association tries to position its favorite film against the main actor: "We are shocked that a feminist film that questions power relations and role models because of the actions of a man is being removed from the cinema program and the perpetrator is thus given power which he is not entitled to.

This difficult situation can only be overcome by dealing with the existing structures.

'Corsage' contributes to this.” Feminism as the last bulwark against the cancel wave?

A Sisi film as a means of education against child pornography?

You don't really trust the letter signed by Elfriede Jelinek, Arno Geiger and Eva Menasse, among others - regardless of whether you agree that the film should be banned or not.