Heldenplatz

Overview

Heldenplatz centers on a Jewish family in the Vienna of 1988. The main character, Professor Josef Schuster, a mathematician, who can no longer stand the anti-Semitism he still finds in Austria 50 years after the Anschluss – commits suicide by jumping out of his apartment window onto the historic Heldenplatz before the play begins.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1989

Original language

German

Countries

Germany

Cast

Anneliese Römer,Therese Affolter,Elisabeth Rath,Karlheinz Hackl,Wolfgang Gasser,Marianne Hoppe,Kirsten Dene

Director

Claus Peymann

Writer

Thomas Bernhard

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0247403