Plot Summary
Herbert lives a rather simple life, left to his own devices. He works as a projectionist in a shabby Viennese movie theater and lives alone with his red nameless cat in the free caretaker's apartment of a somewhat run-down apartment building. Now and then he visits his mother in a nursing home, meets with an old friend of his father, or comes to meetings of a savings club. Saving money is pretty much the center of his life because he has a dream. He wants to emigrate to the U.S. to buy his own movie theater and to reunite with his long-lost father. But when Rita, a young student, moves into the apartment building things in his life are changed completely.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Ein Anfang von etwas
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- de
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Cast
Christoph Waltz
Herbert Sobieski
Sandra Cervik
Rita Rosner
Georg Trenkwitz
Hans
Inge Rosenberg
Thekla Sobieski
Wolfgang Böck
Joe Czerny
Adi Hirschal
Alois "Luis" Hummel
Karl Markovics
Schurl
Sandra Kreisler
Mrs. Menzel
Claudia Martini
Doris
Hans Wolfgang Pemmer
Mr. Pfeiffer
Florentín Groll
Briefträger
Peter Faerber
Chefarzt
Roswitha Meyer
Reisebüroangestellte
Silvia Fenz
Greißlerin
Wolf Bachofner
Wirt
Gudrun Tielsch
Ritas Freundin
Ottokar Lehrner
Jörg
Alois Frank
Hausverwalter
Julia Cencig
Arzthilfe
Hanna Held
Frau im Gasthaus
Production Companies
ORF
