Heldenplatz
7.9
Heldenplatz centers on a Jewish family in the Vienna of 1988. The main character, Professor Josef Schuster, a mathematician, who can no longer stand the anti-Semitism he still finds in Austria 50 years after the Anschluss – commits suicide by jumping out of his apartment window onto the historic Heldenplatz before the play begins.
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Cast
17 people
Wolfgang Gasser
Robert Schuster
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Kirsten Dene
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Hedda Egerer
Thomas Bernhard
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Claus Peymann
Karlheinz Hackl
Lukas Schuster
Known for
The Wall
C. Rainer Ecke
Siegfried Kienzle
Marianne Hoppe
Hedwig Schuster
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Rudolf Nemeth
Therese Affolter
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Martin Schwab
Lukas
Claus Peymann Director · Thomas Bernhard Writer
First release January 1, 1989 · Produced in Germany · Production Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Production
Burgtheater Wien
Production
Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Release dates
Austria · January 1, 1989
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No release date listed for United States.
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