'38 - Vienna Before the Fall (1986)
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.
Director: Wolfgang Glück
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Tobias Engel as Martin |
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Sunnyi Melles as Carola |
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Heinz Trixner as Toni |
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Romuald Pekny as Sovary |
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Ingrid Burkhard as Frau Schostal |
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David Cameron as Oberst |
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Josef Fröhlich as Kemetter |
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Tanja von Oertzen as Frau von Wartenburg |
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Lotte Ledl as Carola's Mother |
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Walter Starz as Sollnau |
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Lukas Resetarits as Cabdriver |
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Gerhard Bronner as |
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Miguel Herz-Kestranek as |
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Michael Kehlmann as |
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Ulf Dieter Kusdas as |
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Maria Singer as |
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Peter Uray as |
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Christoph Schobesberger as |
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Eduard Erne as |
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Gerhard Swoboda as |
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Undine Brixner as |
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Dieter Witting as |
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Ulrich Faulhaber as |
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Hermann Schmid as |
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Adolf Bur as |
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Robert Hauer-Riedl as |
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Adolf Wessely as |
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Jan Skopeček as |
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Viktor Maurer as |
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Andre Stanicic as |
| Directing | Wolfgang Glück | Director |
| Writing | Wolfgang Glück | Writer |
| Writing | Lida Winiewicz | Writer |
| Writing | Friedrich Torberg | Author |
| Production | Christine Gouze-Rénal | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michael Hild | Producer |
| Production | Herbert Reutterer | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Bert Grund | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gérard Vandenberg | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Heidi Handorf | Editor |
| Editing | Wolfgang B. Heine | Editor |
| Art | Herwig Libowitzky | Production Design |
| Art | Christian Marin | Production Design |
| Art | Oldřich Okáč | Production Design |
| Art | Christian Morin | Art Direction |
| Art | Oldřich Okáč | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Birgit Hutter | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellen Just-Hofmann | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rüdiger von Sperl | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Curd Abdallah | Production Manager |
| Production | Daniela Bräuer | Production Manager |
| Production | Andreas Kamm | Production Manager |
| Production | Daniela Stibitz | Production Manager |
| Directing | Harald Eberhard | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Vacík | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Margarete Graef | Property Master |
| Crew | Helmut Gräf | Property Master |
| Sound | Günter Blumhagen | Sound mixer |
| Sound | Norbert Erben | Sound |
| Lighting | Norbert Erben | Lighting Technician |