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Opernball (1998)

Opernball poster
Directed by
Urs Egger
Genre
drama, thriller
Country
Germany, Austria
Runtime
3h
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A neo-Nazi terrorist group attacks the Vienna Opera Ball killing thousands of guests. The film follows several characters including a police officer and a television reporter as they try to stop the plot and survive the night.

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What happens

Opernball (Opera Ball) is a 1998 made-for-TV movie by Urs Egger based on a 1995 novel by Austrian writer Josef Haslinger in which thousands of people are killed in a Neo-Nazi terrorist attack taking place during the Vienna Opera Ball. The film starred Heiner Lauterbach, Franka Potente, Frank Giering, Caroline Goodall, Richard Bohringer, Gudrun Landgrebe and Désirée Nosbusch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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