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The Distant Land

7.0 103 mins History   Drama   1987
Almaro Film   Satel Film  
Director(s): Luc Bondy

Release Date: 01 Thu, Jan 1987

Vienna at the turn of the century: The industrialist Friedrich Hofreiter is a vain, self-important man who is used to taking what he wants and who enjoys exercising power. His tender wife Genia increasingly recognizes his deceitfulness. The Russian pianist Alexei Korsakov, a subtle artist, commits suicide because of her. Hofreiter, on the other hand, travels to the Dolomites with his friend and family doctor Dr. Mauer, who is in love with the young Erna. Hofreiter makes her his lover in front of Mauer's eyes. In turn, he provokes Genia's lover into a duel and shoots him. In the end, there is only emptiness. Faithful adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's stage play.

Casts of The Distant Land

Michel Piccoli

as Friedrich Hofreiter

Bulle Ogier

as Genia

Wolfgang Hübsch

as Dr. Mauer

Milena Vukotić

as Frau Wahl

Dominique Blanc

as Adele Natter

Paulus Manker

as Korsakow

Gabriel Barylli

as Otto

Paul Burian

as Natter

Jutta Lampe

as Frau Meinhold-Aigner

Alain Cuny

as Aigner

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