Wolfgang Glück — Director (4)

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The Count of Luxembourg (1972)
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other title: Der Graf von Luxemburg / The Count of Luxemburg
Der Graf von Luxemburg (The Count of Luxembourg) is an operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár to a German libretto by Alfred Willner, Robert Bodanzky, and Leo Stein. A Viennese take on bohemian life in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, the story revolves around an impoverished aristocrat and a glamorous opera singer who have entered into a sham marriage without ever seeing each other and later fall in love at first sight, unaware that they are already husband and wife.

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Vienna Before the Fall (1987)
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other title: 38度-秋天前的维也纳 / '38 - Auch das war Wien …
Vienna, Autumn 1937. Carola Hell, an actress at the Josefstadt Theater, is in love with a Jewish writer, Martin Hofmann. Hofmann's journalist friend, Drechsler, warns them that the Austrian Nazis will soon come into power and advises them to leave the country, but Martin and Carola are not very interested in politics. While on tour in Berlin, Carola gets to know the Nazis. Despite her success in 'Emilia Galotti' she is detained by the police because she had dared to criticize the Nazis for their harassment of people. Carola obtains a film role and observes the increasing antisemitism. She intends to interpret her next role in the theatre from a political point of view. The situation becomes more critical. Schuschnigg has announced a referendum which will be held on March 13. Carola learns that she is pregnant but Martin's joy is tempered by the Germans marching into Austria. That very evening, Martin and Carola try to go by train to Prague but only Carola succeeds in getting there. Martin is stopped by the SA troops and beaten up and has to hide himself in Vienna. Some friends promise to help him but all of them are unable to do so. When Martin learns that Carola has arrived safely in Prague, he is arrested by an SS patrol. The fate of "unpolitical people" in Vienna, in March 1938.

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学生格贝尔 (1981)
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other title: Der Schüler Gerber
The story is set in Vienna in the 1920s: Kurt Gerber is a gifted student. His life in the graduation year is hampered by his new teacher, Professor Kupfer, who students refer to as "God Kupfer" because of his high-handed way. The mathematics teacher and precocious Kurt get into conflict very quickly. The result is a private psychological war between students and teachers. Kurt's grades for the two subjects taught by Porfessor Kupfer get to the bottom fast. Kurt's father, Dr. Albert Gerber, who is pressuring Kurt to graduate, has a heart condition. The son does not want to burden his seriously ill father with his problems and therefore has no support dealing with it. He also falls in love with a girl of same age called Lisa, but who wants nothing to do with him. The final examination is the peak of cruelty between teachers and students. Kurt believes erroneously to have failed the test and commits suicide before the results are announced.

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Traumnovelle (1969)
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other title: 梦幻故事
年轻的医生费多林与妻子生活在二十世纪初的维也纳。在一次轻浮的舞会之后,妻子草率地透露了自己曾经的艳遇与性幻想。在妒火与压抑之下,费多林深夜里走出家门,去为一个老病人送终,却不自觉地踏上了一场意外的性冒险之旅。一系列神秘、惊悚、荒诞的奇遇令他命悬一线,险些不得脱身……