Film

Heldenplatz

1989 · 3h 15m · Drama

IMDb

8.2

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.

Wolfgang Gasser

Robert Schuster

Kirsten Dene

Anna

Karlheinz Hackl

Lukas Schuster

Marianne Hoppe

Hedwig Schuster

Therese Affolter

Hertha

Elisabeth Rath

Olga

Anneliese Römer

Frau Zittel

• Claus PeymannDirector
• Thomas BernhardWriter

Release date

January 1, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

3h 15m

Genres

Drama