Overview
Set as an enormous political tide is turning throughout Europe, Tales from Red Vienna explores the effects of war on women, the circumstances that control their lives, and the dreams that set them free.
Casting & Production
Casting
CHARACTER LIST:
HELÉNA ALTMAN (W)
EDDA SCHMIDT (W)
RUDY ZUCKERMEYER (M)
“MUTZI” VON FESSENDORF (W)
BÉLA HOYOS (M)
KARL HUPKA (M)
Setting:
1920. Heléna Altman’s apartments in the Mariahilf District of Vienna, and in the Zentralfriedhof Cemetery.
Run Time:
Two hours
Reviews
“A romantic dance of wit and wills.”
-Variety
“Dense with desire and disgust . . . Deliciously dark and enigmatic.”
-New York Times
“A compelling new drama… Love, loyalty, honesty, kindness, and status are among the values tested by the hard times that Grimm lays out.”
-Time Out NY