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3 unusual facts about Cinema of Austria


Leap into Bliss

Leap into Bliss (German: Salto in die Seligkeit) is a 1934 Austrian comedy film directed by Fritz Schulz and starring Schulz, Olly Gebauer and Rosi Barsony.

Salomon Smolianoff

In the film The Counterfeiters based on Adolf Burger's memoirs (which film received a foreign-language Oscar for Austria in 2008), the character is renamed Salomon "Salli" Sorowitsch.

The Eternal Mask

The Eternal Mask (German:Die ewige Maske) is a 1935 Austrian-Swiss drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Peter Petersen, Mathias Wieman and Franz Schafheitlin.


Adventures on the Lido

Adventures on the Lido (German: Abenteuer am Lido) is a 1933 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Alfred Piccaver, S.Z. Sakall and Nora Gregor.

Storm in a Water Glass

Storm in a Water Glass (German:Sturm im Wasserglas) is a 1931 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Hansi Niese, Renate Müller and Paul Otto.

Vater Radetzky

Vater Radetzky is a 1929 Austrian war film directed by Karl Leiter and starring Karl Forest, Otto Hartmann and Theodor Pistek.

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You

When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (German: Wenn du jung bist, gehört dir die Welt) is a 1934 Austrian comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Joseph Schmidt, Otto Treßler and Lilliane Dietz.


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