Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift

Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift

240 mins | Drama | Dec. 30, 1984

In October 1936, a high official in the Austrian government receives a letter from a German Jewish woman with whom he had an affair in 1925 asking him to help place an 11-year-old, half Jewish boy in a good Austrian school. Is the child his? Should he help? And above all should he help now, at a time when Nazis are becoming powerful in Austria?

Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift

240 mins | Drama | Dec. 30, 1984

Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
In October 1936, a high official in the Austrian government receives a letter from a German Jewish woman with whom he had an affair in 1925 asking him to help place an 11-year-old, half Jewish boy in a good Austrian school. Is the child his? Should he help? And above all should he help now, at a time when Nazis are becoming powerful in Austria?
Producers ORF
Original title Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
Directors Axel Corti
Writers Franz Werfel, Kurt Rittig, Axel Corti

Cast

Friedrich von Thun

as Leonidas Tachezy

Krystyna Janda

as Amélie Tachezy

Friederike Kammer

as Vera Wormser

Gabriel Barylli

as Leonidas Tachezy (Jugendjahre)

Otto Schenk

as Minister Spittelberger

Konstanze Breitebner

as Veras Freundin

Kurt Sowinetz

as Kabinettchef Skutecky

Georg Marischka

as Prof. Schummerer

Leopold Lindtberg

as Prof. Bloch