The film tells the story of a young Jewish woman who, during the Nazi era, is hidden by her friend, treated in a hospital using her identity papers, and dies there. As a result, her friend loses her official identity. For the first time, the question of the behavior of friends, neighbors, caretakers, and strangers during the persecution of Vienna's Jewish population is raised. Ostensibly, "The Other Life" is a gripping play on identity, but overall, it is an astonishing demonstration of the civil courage of Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897-1976), who, shortly after the war, addressed the then-taboo subject of the persecution of the Jews in his literary work. The ambitious film studio of the Theater in der Josefstadt, which did not last long, took up the material and filmed it with the theater's actors.
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Cast
13 people
Aglaja Schmid
Elisabeth Josselin
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Gustav Waldau
Hofrat Buschek
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Vilma Degischer
Suzette Alberti
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Siegfried Breuer
Bukowsky
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Erik Frey
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Erni Mangold
Mizzi
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Robert Lindner
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Die Regimentstochter
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Leopold Rudolf
Dozent Thomas Alberti
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Professor Bernhardi
Anton Edthofer
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Phantom
Hans Ziegler
Dr. Heinrich Joel
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Sissi: The Young Empress
Carl Günther
Oberst Schönborn
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Kurt Sowinetz
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Rudolf Steinboeck Director · Alfred Ibach Writer Alexander Lernet-Holenia Author
First release January 11, 1948 · Produced in Austria · Original title Das andere Leben
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Austria
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Original title
Das andere Leben
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · January 11, 1948
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
May 4, 1948 · Theatrical
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