'38 - Vienna Before the Fall

6.2
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 97 min
  • Premiere: 1986. October 2.

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.

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Art

Herwig Libowitzky

Production Design

Christian Marin

Production Design

Oldřich Okáč

Production Design

Christian Morin

Art Direction

Oldřich Okáč

Art Direction

Camera

Gérard Vandenberg

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Birgit Hutter

Costume Design

Ellen Just-Hofmann

Makeup Artist

Rüdiger von Sperl

Makeup Artist

Crew

Margarete Graef

Property Master

Helmut Gräf

Property Master

Directing

Harald Eberhard

Assistant Director

Robert Vacík

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Norbert Erben

Lighting Technician

Production

Michael Hild

Producer

Herbert Reutterer

Executive Producer

Curd Abdallah

Production Manager

Daniela Bräuer

Production Manager

Andreas Kamm

Production Manager

Daniela Stibitz

Production Manager

Sound

Bert Grund

Original Music Composer

Günter Blumhagen

Sound mixer