The Distant Land

The Distant Land (1987)

HistoryDrama

Vienna at the turn of the century: The industrialist Friedrich Hofreiter is a vain, self-important man who is used to taking what he wants and who enjoys exercising power. His tender wife Genia increasingly recognizes his deceitfulness. The Russian pianist Alexei Korsakov, a subtle artist, commits suicide because of her. Hofreiter, on the other hand, travels to the Dolomites with his friend and family doctor Dr. Mauer, who is in love with the young Erna. Hofreiter makes her his lover in front of Mauer's eyes. In turn, he provokes Genia's lover into a duel and shoots him. In the end, there is only emptiness. Faithful adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's stage play.

Director: Luc Bondy

Casts

	Michel Piccoli as Friedrich Hofreiter
	Bulle Ogier as Genia
	Wolfgang Hübsch as Dr. Mauer
	Milena Vukotić as Frau Wahl
	Dominique Blanc as Adele Natter
	Paulus Manker as Korsakow
	Gabriel Barylli as Otto
	Paul Burian as Natter
	Barbara Rebeschini as Erna
	Jutta Lampe as Frau Meinhold-Aigner
	Alain Cuny as Aigner
	Fritz Hammel as
	Jeff Layton as
	Paulus Manker as
	Dorothea Parton as
	Paul Burian as
	Luís Miguel Cintra as
	Kurt Jaggberg as
	Karl Schwetter as

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