Film

Opera ball

1998 · 3h · Drama · Thriller

The Opera ball turns into a catastrophe this year - hundreds die in front of the cameras...

IMDb

6.1

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...

Heiner Lauterbach

Kurt Frazer

Franka Potente

Gabrielle Becker

Frank Giering

Jörg Blahacek 'Ingenieur'

Caroline Goodall

Heather Frazer

Gudrun Landgrebe

Claudia Röhler

Désirée Nosbusch

Iris von Hagen

Wolfgang Böck

Reso Dorf, neuer Polizeipräsident

Martin Brambach

Der Lange, Terrorist

Max Moor

Günther

Richard Bohringer

Michel Reboisson

Andreas Lust

Polizist Amon

Walter Schmidinger

Dr. Leitner

Olivia Silhavy

Paula

Claus Peymann

himself

Hans-Michael Rehberg

Tomek

Georg Friedrich

Polier

• Urs EggerDirector

Release date

March 15, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

3h

Genres

Drama, Thriller