Streaming Providers:

Check theatrical & local broadcast listings

📊 Film Specifications

Director Wolfgang Glück

Writer Friedrich Torberg (Author), Wolfgang Glück (Writer), Lida Winiewicz (Writer)

Original Title 38 - Auch das war Wien

Release Date October 2, 1986

Runtime 97 min (1h 37m)

Country Austria, Germany

Language DE

Budget N/A

Box Office N/A

Studios ORF • Almaro Film • BR

'38 - Vienna Before the Fall (1986)

Name: '38 - Vienna Before the Fall
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-10-02
Rating: 3.3

Directed by Wolfgang Glück

• Written by Friedrich Torberg , Wolfgang Glück , Lida Winiewicz

⭐ 3.3 / 5 (12 votes) ⏱️ 97 min 🎬 Drama

Ratings Breakdown:

12 ratings

0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

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.