Donauwalzer (1984)
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Christiane Hörbiger, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Axel Corti, Hugo Gottschlich, Jane Tilden
Twenty years after fleeing Hungary for Austria, Judith must reckon with the sudden return of a man she believed lost.
The story
In the aftermath of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956, young Hungarian Judith and her friend Taddek attempt to escape to the West. Judith reaches Austria, while Taddek is imprisoned and presumed dead. Two decades later, Judith has built a comfortable life as a teacher in a small Austrian town, sharing a large house with her housekeeper Tetta and her father-in-law. Taddek unexpectedly returns and demands the love he feels fate and Judith denied him. His reappearance unsettles the life Judith has made, as unresolved and unspoken matters turn their reunion into a conflict.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The young Hungarian Judith (Christiane Hörbiger) and her friend Taddek (Hans-Michael Rehberg) try to flee to the West after the failure of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. The young woman makes it to Austria; the man loses his freedom and, as one can assume, his life as well. Twenty years later, Judith leads a comfortable life as a teacher in a small Austrian town. She lives in a large, respectable house with the housekeeper Tetta (Jane Tilden) and her father-in-law (Hugo Gottschlich). Suddenly and completely unexpectedly, Taddek, believed dead, reappears and demands the love that fate and Judith have denied him. Matters left unexplained and unspoken create an irresolvable conflict.
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