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1. April 2000

1952 film by Wolfgang Liebeneiner

1952 film by Wolfgang Liebeneiner

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name1. April 2000
image1 April 2000 film poster.jpg
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directorWolfgang Liebeneiner
producerKarl Ehrlich
writerRudolf Brunngraber
Ernst Marboe
starringHilde Krahl
Josef Meinrad
musicJosef Fiedler
Alois Melichar
Robert Stolz
cinematographySepp Ketterer
Karl Löb
Fritz Arno Wagner
editingHenny Brünsch-Tauschinsky
distributorHerzog-Filmverleih
Lewis Productions Inc.
released
runtime105 minutes
countryAustria
languageGerman

Ernst Marboe Josef Meinrad Alois Melichar Robert Stolz Karl Löb Fritz Arno Wagner Lewis Productions Inc.

1. April 2000 is a 1952 political satire film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Hilde Krahl, made during the Allied Occupation of Austria (1945–55). The script was reportedly commissioned at the request of the Austrian government, and is a political satire depicting a harmless, potentially congenial future Austria still subject to needless and stifling oversight by the four Allied powers, as established following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II (as it was when the film was made). The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot summary

After numerous fruitless negotiations with the Allies about the independence of Austria, the Austrian prime minister prompts his fellow countrymen to shred their four-language identity cards, which have been issued by the Allies, thus sending a clear signal to the world. Thereupon, Austria is charged for breaking the "world peace" at the fictitious "world court". The implicated message is clear: in the same manner as Austria was, in Austria's eyes, falsely indicted for breaking the world peace (1914 and 1939), they are now being indicted again in 2000.

The world court hovers in with its space rocket into Vienna and lands in front of Schönbrunn Palace. The Austrians now have to prove that they are a lovely nation, and that they would never break the world peace. Subsequently, everything which is supposed to make Austria lovely is presented, starting with Mozart, going over Prince Eugene of Savoy, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, Viennese wine, the Viennese waltz, the mountains, the classic bands, etc. Despite the presented evidence, Austria will be found guilty. Just before the conviction, the Moscow Declaration of 1943 is discovered. The declaration clearly states that Austria is to be freed, which happens at the end of the film. Back in the current time of 1952, and in reality, it is bemoaned that those actions and the independence of Austria will not take place until the year 2000.

Cast

ActorRole
Hilde KrahlPresident of the Global Union
Josef MeinradPrime Minister of Austria
Waltraut HaasMitzi
Judith HolzmeisterIna Equiquiza
Elisabeth StembergerSekretärin
Ulrich BettacModerator Robinson
Karl EhmannCabinet Chief
Peter GerhardHieronymus Gallup
Curd JürgensCapitano Herakles
Robert MichalWei Yao Chee
Heinz MoogHajji Halef Omar
Guido WielandAlessandro Bibalini
Paul HörbigerAugustin
Hans MoserComposer
Pepi Glöckner-Kramer
Martha Marbo
Eva Payrer
Erika Pirschl
Erna Schickl
Marianne Schönauer
Alma SeidlerReporterin
Anneliese Stöckl-Eberhard
Hansi Stork
Ingeborg WieserAlessandro Vitalini
Karl Bachmann
Theodor DaneggerRussian High Commissioner
Karl Eidlitz
Hans Frank
Erik FreyPrince Eugen
Harry FußFranzl
Hugo Gottschlich
Fred HenningsGerman Emperor
Franz HerterichAmerican High Commissioner
Hans Holt
Fritz Imhoff
Fred Liewehr
Heribert Meisel
Alfred NeugebauerFinance Minister
Toni Nießner
Hans RichterReporter
Leopold Rudolf
Stefan Skodler
Ernst Stankovski
Otto TreßlerEnglish High Commissioner
Hans ZieglerFrench High Commissioner
Kurt Bülau
Rita Gallos
Edith Prager
Helmut Qualtinger
Gerhard RiedmannReitender Bote (uncredited)
Die Wiener SängerknabenSingers

References

  • Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: 1. April 2000". festival-cannes.com.
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