Abenteuer in Wien (Adventure in Vienna) is a 1952 Austrian film noir, directed by Emil Edwin Reinert (German with English subtitles). The film is a forgotten masterpiece about a taxi driver in Vienna without papers who is assuming the identity of another man.
This largely unknown example of film noir set in the seedy underbelly of postwar Vienna has all the tension and atmosphere of its more famous counterpart, The Third Man (1949). The film is based on the 1933 thriller novel Ich war Jack Mortimer (I Was Jack Mortimer) by Alexander Lernet-Holenia. The scene is postwar Vienna.
Displaced person Toni Sponer, employed as a cabdriver, wants to leave the city but has no identification papers. When one of his passengers is murdered, Toni appropriates the dead man’s papers and “becomes” Jack Mortimer. Unfortunately, there are several shady characters around who want Jack Mortimer dead.
Watch the movie before Monday, December 2nd, then join the Zoom meeting at 7:00PM and come prepared with your comments and questions. DGC Board Member Marsha McCoy will once again be our moderator, and other Board Members will participate in the discussion as well.
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