Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979 film)
| Tales from the Vienna Woods | |
|---|---|
Ödön von Horvath (play) Maximilian Schell | |
| Starring | Birgit Doll |
| Cinematography | Klaus König |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | Austria West Germany |
| Language | German |
Tales from the Vienna Woods (
Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2] It was the final film for veteran actress Lil Dagover
who started her film career in the 1910s.
Plot
In Vienna, in 1930, a young woman falls in love with a gambler and leaves her fiancé, a common butcher. They become a couple and have a baby, but he gets bored and leaves them. Without means to support herself, her downfall begins.
Cast
- Birgit Doll as Marianne
- Hanno Pöschl as Alfred
- Helmut Qualtinger as Zauberkönig
- Jane Tilden as Valerie
- Adrienne Gessner as Alfred's Grandmother
- Götz Kauffmann as Oskar
- André Heller as Hierlinger
- Norbert Schiller as Rittmeister
- Eric Pohlmann as Mister
- Robert Meyer as Erich
- Lil Dagover (in her last film role) as Helene
- Martha Wallner as Alfred's Mother
See also
- List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "Tales from the Vienna Woods". mubi. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
External links
- Tales from the Vienna Woods at IMDb
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