Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979)

Name: Tales from the Vienna Woods
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979-01-01

1h 31m

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January 1, 1979
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Plot.

Based on a popular 1931 play, the film tells the fate of a naive young woman named Marianne, who breaks off her reluctant engagement with Oskar the butcher after falling in love with a fop named Alfred who, however, has no serious interest in returning her love. For this error, she must pay bitterly.

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Release Date
January 1, 1979

Original Name
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 31m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

literature

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lower austria

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Wiki.

Tales from the Vienna Woods (German: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald) is a 1979 Austrian-German drama film directed by Maximilian Schell. The film was adapted from the play by Ödön von Horvath. It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was the final film for veteran actress Lil Dagover who started her film career in the 1910s.