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MovieTitle | Wohin und zurück - Welcome in Vienna |
User score | 6.4 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1986 |
Genre | Drama, War |
Director | Axel Corti |
Production country | Austria, Germany, Switzerland |
Production companies | Schweizer Fernsehen (FS), ZDF, ORF, Thalia-Film, SRG SSR |
Run time | 127 min. |
Freddy, a Viennese Jew who emigrated to New York after Hitler's invasion, and Adler, a left-wing intellectual originally from Berlin, return to Austria in 1944 as soldiers in the U.S. Army. Freddy falls in love with the daughter of a Nazi, and Adler attempts to go over to the Communist Zone. But with the advent of the Cold War and continuing anti-semitism, the idealism of both characters is shattered as they find themselves surrounded by cynicism, opportunism, and universal self-deception.