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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Karl MerkatzKarl Bockerer
Caroline VasicekElena Kolotschewa
Alexander WussowGustl Bühringer
Ida KrottendorfSabine (Binerl) Bockerer
Heinz PettersFranz Hatzinger
Michael SchottenbergGstettner
Heinz MarecekSg. Dr. Rosenblatt
Marianne NentwichAnna Hermann
Heinrich SchweigerMajor Franz Nowotny
Dolores SchmidingerMitzi Haberl ("Marilyn")
Thaddäus PodgorskiPfalzner
Ludwig HirschFranz NavratilExplore the crew
- Director
- Franz Antel
- Producer
- Dieter Pochlatko
- Editor
- Charlotte Müllner
- Writer
- Carl Szokoll
- Director of Photography
- Helmut Pirnat
- Writer
- Franz Antel