Welcome in Vienna (1986)
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Country:
Austria
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Duration:
127 min
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Genre:
drama
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Director:
Axel Corti
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Producer:
Rolf Ballmann, Lisa Burnett
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Cast:
Gabriel Barylli, Nicolas Brieger, Claudia Messner
About film
Freddy, a Viennese Jew who emigrated to New York after Hitler’s invasion, and Adler, a left-wing intellectual originally from Berlin, return to Austria in 1944 as soldiers in the U.S. Army. Freddy falls in love with the daughter of a Nazi, and Adler attempts to go over to the Communist Zone. But with the advent of the Cold War and continuing anti-semitism, the idealism of both characters is shattered as they find themselves surrounded by cynicism, opportunism, and universal self-deception.
Rewards and nominations
- Bronze Leopard’s Eye, Locarno International Film Festival (1987)
- Best Director, San Sebastián International Film Festival (1986)
Director
An Austrian director born in Paris. After the war, he moved to Italy and began studying German and Romance philology at the University of Innsbruck. His career developed at ORF radio, where from 1969 he hosted the program «Der Schalldämpfer» which became a legend of Austrian radio, as well as in theater. He worked at the Vienna Burgtheater, collaborated with Peter Brook in London, and staged productions in Germany. Simultaneously, he worked in film and taught at the Film Academy Vienna, while also directing opera productions. His movie «The Condemned» was screened at the 1975 Moscow International Film Festival.
Along with
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Speaker:
Anna Ganzha
Sessions
Along with
- Category:
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Speaker:
Anna Ganzha
Director
An Austrian director born in Paris. After the war, he moved to Italy and began studying German and Romance philology at the University of Innsbruck. His career developed at ORF radio, where from 1969 he hosted the program «Der Schalldämpfer» which became a legend of Austrian radio, as well as in theater. He worked at the Vienna Burgtheater, collaborated with Peter Brook in London, and staged productions in Germany. Simultaneously, he worked in film and taught at the Film Academy Vienna, while also directing opera productions. His movie «The Condemned» was screened at the 1975 Moscow International Film Festival.
