Michael is a 2011 Austrian drama film directed by Markus Schleinzer[1] which resembles the famous Natascha Kampusch case from the offender's viewpoint.

[4] The film's title character is an insurance broker who lives a quiet, unassuming existence — and who secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy called Wolfgang in his soundproof basement.

On one occasion he goes on a skiing trip with friends for multiple days, leaving extra food for Wolfgang, who has water, a toilet, simple cooking facilities and a TV in his room.

Due to the burns inflicted upon him in the attack, Michael takes his car and attempts to seek medical attention but dies in an accident.

[5] While Indiewire's Eric Kohn called the film "a triumph of uneasy cinema: Not since Todd Solondz's Happiness has a movie portrayed pedophilia in such uncomfortable detail",[6] Esquire's Mike D'Angelo tweeted "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE IN AUSTRIA.