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Adventure in Vienna
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Wikipedia article
'Adventure in Vienna' (German: 'Abenteuer in Wien') is a 1952 Austrian crime thriller film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Gustav Frhlich, Cornell Borchers and Adrienne Gessner.Fritsche p.243 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 Jptner-Jonstorff and Fritz Moegle. It was shot at the Schnbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location across the city. The costumes were designed by Nadja Tiller, better known as an 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
* Gustav Frhlich as Toni Sponer
* Cornell Borchers as Karin Manelli
* Francis Lederer as Claude Manelli
* Inge Konradi as Marie
* Hermann Erhardt as Ferdl Heintl
* Adrienne Gessner as Frau Anna Fraser
* Egon von Jordan as Krger
* Manfred Inger as Polizeiinspektor
* Fritz Eckhardt as Portier im Goldenen Lwen
* Alexander Kerst as 2.Polizist auf der Wache
* Trude Marlen as Ehefrau auf dem Kommissariat
* Karl Schwetter as Ehemann auf dem Kommissariat
* Michael Kehlmann as Passflscher
* Franz Marischka as Passkontrolleur am Flughafen
* Wolfgang Glck as Porschefahrer
* Gerda Neubauer as Frau im Porsche
* Karl Farkas as Ober in der Bar
* Guido Wieland as 'Geldeintreiber' vom Goldenen Lwen
* Gisela Wilke as Alte Frau im Kaiserpanorama
* Fred Solm as 1.Polizist auf der Wache
* Louis Ousted as John Milton
* Paul Pranger as Portier im Goldenen Lwen
* Reinhold Siegert as Mann bei der Telefonzelle
* Helmut Janatsch as Polizist bei der Hausdurchsuchung
* Fritz Krenn as Mann an der Lufthafenauskunft
* Maria Gerngro as Stewardess
* Pepi Glckner-Kramer as Alte Frau im Kaiserpanorama
* Franz Bheim as Betrunkener mit Luftballon
* Rosa Albach-Retty
* Ulrich Bettac
* Heinz Conrads
* Hugo Gottschlich
* Hans Hagen as Dirigent
* Dorothea Neff
* Milan von Kamare
* Ernst Waldbrunn
See also
* 'I Was Jack Mortimer' (1935)
References
Bibliography
* Fritsche, Maria. 'Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity'. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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