Vienna (1968)

Directed by

Orson Welles

Genre

documentary, comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

8 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Orson Welles travels through Vienna, mixing shots of the city with studio footage, in an incomplete short film that was part of a scrapped television special. It presents a freeform visual tour rather than a linear story.

experimentalfragmentarywhimsicalunfinishedplayfuldocumentary-likevisual essay

What happens

Vienna (also known as Orson Welles' Vienna or Spying in Vienna) is a 1968 American short film directed and written by Orson Welles. It was originally produced as part of his abandoned CBS television special, Orson's Bag. However, in 1969, with the project close to completion, CBS withdrew their funding over Welles' long-running disputes with US authorities regarding his tax status. The film remained uncompleted. Despite its name, Vienna freely mixes footage shot in Vienna, Zagreb, and a Los Angeles studio. An 8-minute segment was restored by the Munich Film Museum in 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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