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'38 - Vienna Before the Fall (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 2, 1986

Original Title:
38 – Auch das war Wien

Alternate Titles:
'38 Home to the Realm
38 - Heim ins Reich
Achtunddreissig

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Almaro Film
BR
ORF
Satel Film

Production Countries:
Austria | Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 97

Overview from TheMovieDB

The film presents the political events surrounding the Anschluss in March of 1938 through the lives of Carola Hell, a popular young actress at the prestigious Theater in der Josefstadt, and Martin Hofmann, the Jewish journalist she plans to marry. When we encounter the couple in the lovely springtime weather their future is full of promise. They are determined to stay clear of politics. Yet in the climate of the time, nobody of her prominence or his religion can remain apolitical. Although Martin's journalist friend, Drechsler, calls to inform them that the Nazis plan to take over Austria soon, they concentrate on their work and their private happiness and dismiss the warnings.

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Production

Art Direction:
Christian Morin
Oldřich Okáč

Assistant Director:
Harald Eberhard
Robert Vacík

Author:
Friedrich Torberg

Co-Producer:
Christine Gouze-Rénal

Costume Design:
Birgit Hutter

Director:
Wolfgang Glück

Director of Photography:
Gérard Vandenberg

Editor:
Wolfgang B. Heine
Heidi Handorf

Executive Producer:
Herbert Reutterer

Lighting Technician:
Norbert Erben

Makeup Artist:
Rüdiger von Sperl
Ellen Just-Hofmann

Original Music Composer:
Bert Grund

Producer:
Michael Hild

Production Design:
Herwig Libowitzky
Christian Marin
Oldřich Okáč

Production Manager:
Daniela Stibitz
Andreas Kamm
Daniela Bräuer
Curd Abdallah

Property Master:
Helmut Gräf
Margarete Graef

Sound:
Norbert Erben

Sound mixer:
Günter Blumhagen

Writer:
Wolfgang Glück
Lida Winiewicz

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