Die Ausgesperrten revolves around an unlikely group of 4 youths in Vienna who band together, each for different reasons, to mug people. Two are fraternal twins, the third a blue-collar worker, the fourth the privileged daughter of wealthy parents who "needs a little dirt in her life". The story provides penetrating insights into the Austria of the 50s, in which some enjoyed the benefits of the "Economic Miracle", while others were shut out. It repeatedly references Austria's Nazi past and the numerous ways in which it influences the present despite the conspiracy of silence which surrounds it.
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Cast
22 people
Rudolf Wessely
Otto
Known for
The Harmonists
Emmy Werner
Gretl
Also in
Staatsoperette
The Games
Karl Kases
Franz Novotny
Paulus Manker
Peter
Known for
My Twentieth Century
Benny's Video
Erika Geiger
Ursula Knobloch
Anna
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Karl Kröpfl
Hans
Also in
Ich oder du
PARADISE LTD.
Elisabeth Klobassa
Christine Kaufmann
Ms. Pachthofen
Known for
World on a Wire
Bagdad Cafe
Gerry Martell
Toni Böhm
Mr. Knopf
Also in
Auf immer und ewig
Die Tür
Franz Novotny Director · Elfriede Jelinek Writer Karl Kases Cinematographer
First release March 26, 1982 · Produced in Austria · Original title Die Ausgesperrten
Production
Austria
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Original title
Die Ausgesperrten
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Argentina · March 26, 1982
Theatrical
Austria · October 22, 1982
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No release date listed for United States.
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