Welcome in Vienna (1985) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1985 · 127 mins · German

Directed by

Axel Corti

Starring

Claudia Messner, Gabriel Barylli, Karlheinz Hackl, Joachim Kemmer, Nicolas Brieger, Hubert Mann

Freddy, a Viennese Jew who fled to New York after Hitler’s invasion, and Adler, a left‑wing Berliner, return to Austria in 1944 as U.S. soldiers. Freddy falls for a Nazi’s daughter, while Adler tries to slip into the Communist zone. The Cold War and lingering anti‑semitism shatter their idealism, leaving them amid cynicism, opportunism and self‑deception.