

14 votes
1996
1h 32m
Vienna, 1947. Bockerer and his wife Binerl have survived the war, though his butcher's shop was destroyed by bombs. Karl Bockerer opens up a new establishment in the center of the city. Post-war Vienna is divided into four zones in which the Allies run things and ensure that law and order prevails. This is the story of two lovers: Gustl, just returned form a POW camp, and the Russian interpreter Elena. Bockerer becomes the patron of their love. Elena's father was executed by Stalin, and the only way she can escape a similar fate is to marry an Austrian. Bockerer "buys" a husband for Elena and, full of tricks as ever, he succeeds in pulling the wool over the Russian occupier's eyes.
Directed by Franz Antel

Karl Merkatz
Karl Bockerer
Caroline Vasicek
Elena Kolotschewa
Alexander Wussow
Gustl Bühringer
Ida Krottendorf
Sabine (Binerl) Bockerer
Heinz Petters
Franz Hatzinger
Michael Schottenberg
Gstettner
Heinz Marecek
Sg. Dr. Rosenblatt
Marianne Nentwich
Anna Hermann
Heinrich Schweiger
Major Franz Nowotny
Dolores Schmidinger
Mitzi Haberl ("Marilyn")
Thaddäus Podgorski
Pfalzner
Ludwig Hirsch
Franz NavratilWalter Langer
Priester
Erich Padalewski
Vorsitzender der Entnazifizierungskommssion
Gennadi Vengerov
General AlexandrovStatus
Released
Release date
October 26, 1996
Budget
—
Revenue
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Language
German