Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979)
1h 31m
Running Time
January 1, 1979Release Date
Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979)
1h 31m
Running Time
January 1, 1979Release Date
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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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Cast & Crew.
Birgit Doll
Marianne
Hanno Pöschl
Alfred
Helmut Qualtinger
Zauberkönig
André Heller
Hierlinger
Jane Tilden
Valerie
Maximilian Schell
Director
Christopher Hampton
Writer
Adrienne Gessner
Alfred's Grandmother
Götz Kauffmann
Oskar
Norbert Schiller
Rittmeister
Dagmar Hirtz
Producer
Robert Meyer
Erich
Toni Stricker
Composer
Martha Wallner
Alfred's Mother
Klaus König
Cinematographer
Walter Schmidinger
Conférencier
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1979
Original NameGeschichten aus dem Wienerwald
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Genres
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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.