Ein Anfang von etwas

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.

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

Florentin Groll Briefträger

Peter Faerber Chefarzt

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