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Writers (WGA):
Doris Orgel (book)
Richard Alfieri (teleplay)
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Release Date:
27 August 1988 (USA) more
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Plot:
Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that Inge is... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
A Moving Story, Very Nicely Done more (3 total)

Cast

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Jane Alexander ... Hannah Dournenvald

Edward Asner ... Opah Oskar Reikman
Natasha Bell ... Anni
Helen Bourne ... Marianne Lowberg
Luisa Bradshaw-White ... Herte
Jeremy Cagan ... Herbert Lowberg
Magdi Darvas ... Frau Vollmer
László Dózsa ... Man in Church
Rosemary Forsyth
Zoltán Gera ... Building Manager
Kamie Harper ... Lise Mueller
John Hartley ... Mueller
Richard Jaromy ... Heinz
Kenna Kendall ... Mitzi
Péter Kertész ... Second SA Officer
Jeff Kizer ... Gustl
Jenny Lewis ... Inge Dournenvald

Stephen Macht ... Franz Dournenvald

Robert Mackey ... SA Officer (as Robert Jay Mackey)
Zsuzsa Mányai ... Princess Jasmine
András Márton ... Yugoslav Consul
Kati Marton ... Frau Mueller (as Katalin Marton)
Ferdy Mayne ... Father Bernard (as Ferdinand Mayne)

John Cameron Mitchell ... Tommi Lowberg
Ildikó Pécsi ... Frau Krausse
Csaba Pethes ... Assistant to Pricess Jasmine
Robert Revesz ... Heinz's Friend
Anikó Sáfár ... Frau Werner
Claire Sawyer ... Gerda

Jean Simmons ... Narrator (voice)
Zoe Tahir ... Susi
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Runtime:
100 min
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Tommi Lowberg: They dehumanize us. They debase us. And they're not going to stop because of a plebescite. more

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A Moving Story, Very Nicely Done, 7 June 2003
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Author: (orexis@pacbell.net) from SF BAY AREA

This movie is based on the novel 'The Devil in Vienna' by Doris Orgel. The book was written for young adults, and in diary format as told by Inge a young Jewish girl of 13 living in Vienna just before the Nazi takeover of Austria.

The movie is true to the story and the spirit of the book, and tells how these events impact Inge and her best friend Lisette (who is Catholic) and their families. The girls vow to maintain their friendship no matter what happens -- even though Lisette's father and brother are ardent Austrian Nazi's.

The girls are believable in their roles, and Ed Asner stands out as Inge's grandfather. This movie should be enjoyed by girls, as well as people interested in this time period. It especially gives interesting details on how early Nazi laws impacted schools and day to day Jewish lives in Vienna.

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