Adventure in Vienna

1952 Austrian film
  • 18 September 1952 (1952-09-18)
Running time
89 minutesCountryAustriaLanguageGerman

Adventure in Vienna (German: Abenteuer in Wien) is a 1952 Austrian crime thriller film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Cornell Borchers and Adrienne Gessner.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1933 novel I Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia. A separate English-language version Stolen Identity was also produced.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Fritz Moegle. It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location across the city. The costumes were designed by Nadja Tiller, who subsequently went on to become a famous actress.

Synopsis

The story takes place over New Year's Eve in Vienna where a taxi driver without papers is tempted to assume the identity of another man.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ Fritsche p.243

Bibliography

  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

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