Adventure in Vienna (German: Abenteuer in Wien) is a 1952 Austrian crime thriller film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Cornell Borchers and Adrienne Gessner.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1933 novel I Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia. A separate English-language version Stolen Identity was also produced.

Adventure in Vienna
Directed byEmil E. Reinert
Written byMichael Kehlmann
Franz Tassié
Based onI Was Jack Mortimer by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Produced byErnst Müller
StarringGustav Fröhlich
Cornell Borchers
Adrienne Gessner
CinematographyHelmuth Ashley
Edited byHenny Brünsch
Music byRichard Hageman
Production
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Schönbrunn-Film
Transglobe-Film
Distributed byHerzog-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 18 September 1952 (1952-09-18)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Fritz Moegle. It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location across the city. The costumes were designed by Nadja Tiller, who subsequently went on to become a famous actress.

Synopsis

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The story takes place over New Year's Eve in Vienna where a taxi driver without papers is tempted to assume the identity of another man.

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References

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  1. ^ Fritsche p.243

Bibliography

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  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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