“The Opera ball turns into a catastrophe this year - hundreds die in front of the cameras...”
The Vienna State Opera on Thursday before the Carnival. As every year the large ball rather is attended by celebrities from politics and the media. Just the arrival of newcomers is finished and the Polonaise faded as it is in the best tradition: "Alles Walzer". transferred with 20 cameras live throughout the world. Television journalist Fraser (Heiner Lauterbach) views the event from the control room, outside in the hall leads his son has one of the cameras. Suddenly all hell breaks loose: poison gas flows from hidden containers, hundreds of guests die in agony, millions of horrified spectators experience it on the TV screen...
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Cast
19 people
Heiner Lauterbach
Kurt Frazer
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Gabrielle Becker
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Frank Giering
Jörg Blahacek 'Ingenieur'
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Caroline Goodall
Heather Frazer
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Gudrun Landgrebe
Claudia Röhler
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Désirée Nosbusch
Iris von Hagen
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Wolfgang Böck
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Martin Brambach
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Max Moor
Günther
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Richard Bohringer
Michel Reboisson
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Andreas Lust
Polizist Amon
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Walter Schmidinger
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Urs Egger Director
First release March 15, 1998 · Produced in Austria, Germany · Production Constantin Film
Production
Sat.1
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Constantin Film
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Austria · Germany
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Original title
Opernball
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · March 15, 1998
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