Cinema
1. April 2000
Wolfgang Liebeneiner · 1952
Synopsis
On 1 April 2000, Austria is still occupied by the four powers. Its new minister-president proclaims it free and invites his fellow citizens to tear up their occupation papers; at once, the world safeguarding commission lands in Vienna in flying saucers and accuses the country of having broken the peace of the world. To prove its innocence, Austria parades before its judges Mozart, Maria Theresa, its mountains and its wine.
Context
The film was commissioned by the Austrian government as a plea for the country's independence, then under Allied occupation, and is among the most expensive films ever shot in Austria. The screenplay is by Rudolf Brunngraber and Ernst Marboe, and the cast brings together Josef Meinrad, Hilde Krahl, Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger and Curd Jürgens. It was released in Vienna, at the Forum, on 19 November 1952, and Arte broadcast it in 1997.
Who it is for
One hundred and five minutes. A state commission whose function one must know in order to read it: the device of the trial serves to carry a national plea through from start to finish.
Prizes and reception
Now presented by the House of Austrian History as a document of the occupation period, and reissued on DVD in the Austrian film series.
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