Tales from the Vienna Woods

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Helmut Qualtinger
Helmut Qualtinger

Zauberkönig

Birgit Doll
Birgit Doll

Marianne

Hanno Pöschl
Hanno Pöschl

Alfred

Jane Tilden
Jane Tilden

Valerie

André Heller
André Heller

Hierlinger

Eric Pohlmann
Eric Pohlmann

Adrienne Gessner
Adrienne Gessner

Alfred's Grandmother

Götz Kauffmann
Götz Kauffmann

Oskar

Norbert Schiller
Norbert Schiller

Rittmeister

Robert Meyer
Robert Meyer

Erich

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    Based on a popular 1931 play, the film tells the fate of a naive young woman named Marianne, who breaks off her reluctant engagement with Oskar the butcher after falling in love with a fop named Alfred who, however, has no serious interest in returning her love. For this error, she must pay bitterly.

  • Release Date

    1979-05-08

  • Average

    6.125

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
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    Deutsch
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