---
title: 'Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Maximilian Schell'
released: '1979-08-24'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tales-from-the-vienna-woods-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079203/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979)

1979 · 90 min · Drama · Germany, Austria

Original title: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald

## Synopsis

Tales from the Vienna Woods is a 1979 Austrian-German drama film directed by Maximilian Schell. The film was adapted from the play by Ödön von Horvath. It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was the final film for veteran actress Lil Dagover who started her film career in the 1910s.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell)
- **Screenplay:** [Maximilian Schell](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-schell), [Christopher Hampton](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-hampton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Toni Stricker](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-stricker)
- **Producer:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-eichinger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Klaus König](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-konig)
- **Editor:** [Dagmar Hirtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/dagmar-hirtz)

## Cast

- [Jane Tilden](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-tilden)
- [Hanno Pöschl](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanno-poschl)
- [Adrienne Gessner](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrienne-gessner)
- [Eric Pohlmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-pohlmann)
- [Martha Wallner](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-wallner)
- [André Heller](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-heller)
- [Götz Kauffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gotz-kauffmann)
- [Birgit Doll](https://cinepixo.com/people/birgit-doll)
- [Lil Dagover](https://cinepixo.com/people/lil-dagover)
- [Helmut Qualtinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-qualtinger)

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