Within the span of 48 hours "contemporaries" encounter each other. In the middle is Max, who lost his job years ago because of his affair with the wife of an influential man. The story of an encounter which turns out badly because the people involved can't quite communicate.
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Cast
17 people
Gabriel Barylli
Karl Bach
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Student Gerber
Kronprinz Rudolf
Wolfram Berger
Max Fleck
Known for
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
The Castle
Ernst Josef Lauscher
Veit Heiduschka
Wolfgang Simon
Peter Berecz
Erni Mangold
lady in the Mercedes
Known for
Before Sunrise
3096 Days
Michael Etz
Eva Maria Meineke
Sarah Fleck
Known for
Cesar and Rosalie
To the Devil a Daughter
Juno Sylva Englander
Evelyn Opela
Krista Keller
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Betragen ungenügend!
Night Train to Venice
Flora St. Loup
Ernst Josef Lauscher Director · Peter Berecz Writer Wolfgang Simon Cinematographer
First release January 28, 1983 · Produced in Austria · Original title Zeitgenossen
Production
Wega Film
Production
Austria
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Original title
Zeitgenossen
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · January 28, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
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