A Friendship in Vienna (1988)

7.3/10 • 98 min • Drama History TV Movie

Overview

Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that Inge is Jewish and Lise is the daughter of a Nazi sympathizer. When they are forbidden to see each other, they meet secretly. After the Germans invade Austria in 1938, Inge and her family escape to America with the help of Lise

Cast

Jane Alexander

Hannah Dournenvald

Ed Asner

Opah Oskar Reikman

Stephen Macht

Franz Dournenvald

Jenny Lewis

Inge Dournenvald

Luisa Bradshaw-White

Herte

Rosemary Forsyth

Teacher

John Cameron Mitchell

Jean Simmons

Narrator (voice)

Ferdy Mayne

Zoe Tahir

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