Vienna, City of My Dreams (1957)
"Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume" (original title)

Director:

Willi Forst

Writers:

Willi Forst, Kurt Nachmann,

Stars:

Adrian Hoven, Erika Remberg, Hertha Feiler

Cast

Credited cast:
Adrian Hoven	...	Peter Lehnert, Musikprofessor
Erika Remberg	...	Sandra, Prinzessin von Alanien
Hertha Feiler	...	Elisabeth Seyboldt
Hans Holt	...	Alexander I., König von Alanien
Paul Hörbiger	...	Vater Lehnert
Alma Seidler	...	Mutter Lehnert
Oskar Sima	...	von Trotum - Gesandter
Jane Tilden	...	Klara von Trotum
Richard Romanowsky	...	Katzelseder - Sektionschef
Lilly Stepanek	...	Frau von Waldegg
Erwin Strahl	...	Mirko, ein alanischer Emissär
Hannes Schiel	...	Oberstleutnant Morosos
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Brand	...	Chauffeur der Gesandtschaft
Alfred Böhm	...	Polizist
Otto Fassler	...	Konzertmeister

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

place name in title | vienna austria | shallow | based on novel

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Details

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Release Date:

5 May 1958 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Vienna, City of My Dreams

Filming Locations:

Vienna, Austria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lux-Film Wien, Sascha-Verleih

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

SAD SERVUß TO WILLI FORST

This last film of director Willi Forst is his melancholy view on a modernizing Vienna and his longing for a more gracious world. He mocks the tourist industry in the Vienna-in-24-hours sequence including a reference to Carol Reed's "The Third Man". There are some other nice ideas in the script, but most of them take too long and/or are not elaborated well-enough; as a whole the writing is mediocre. Fortunately Forst had a fine cast that makes the best of things, although Adrian Hoven's presence is non-descript.

More importantly the film misses the old Schwung,the Forst style, the former light touch of Forst. It is a very uneasy film of a tired and disillusioned man who had lost interest and in whom the audiences had lost any interest. As Forst himself said after completing this film: my style is not wanted anymore, it is better to go than to be asked to leave. The film is a sad Servuß of a very fine director.