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Court composers, Ferris-wheel deals, all-night walks and psychoanalytic couches — Vienna plays imperial and intimate at once. These ten famous works span Mozart to today; also try Imperial Vienna (1800–1900).

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10 famous stories set in Vienna

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Browse 91 books, 90 movies, 2 TV shows and 1 game set in Vienna.

Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War

Marvel Studios
movie

Following the events of Age of Ultron the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers causing two factions to side with Iron…

Setting: New York USA; Berlin, Germany; Lagos, Nigeria; Vienna, Austria; Siberia, RussiaTime Period: Contemporary
Extraction 2

Extraction 2

AGBO-Filmhaus Films
movie

Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster Tyler Rake infiltrates one of the world's deadliest prisons in order to save them. But when the extraction gets hot and the gangster dies in the…

Setting: Georgia; Vienna, AustriaTime Period: 2023
Before Sunrise

Before Sunrise

Castle Rock Entertainment-Detour Filmproduction-Filmhaus Films
movie

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately both know that this will probably be their only night together.

Setting: Vienna, AustriaTime Period: 1990s
Amadeus

Amadeus

AMLF-The Saul Zaentz Company
movie

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri. Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his…

Setting: Vienna, AustriaTime Period: Late 18th Century
The Third Man

The Third Man

London Films Productions-British Lion Films
movie

In postwar Vienna Austria Holly Martins a writer of pulp Westerns arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third…

Setting: Vienna, AustriaTime Period: Post-WWII 1940s
The Illusionist

The Illusionist

Michael London Productions-Contagious Entertainment-Koppelman-Levien
movie

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the…

Setting: Vienna, AustriaTime Period: Early 20th Century
All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
book

An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereFrom the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy…

Setting: ['Paris (France)', 'Zollverein (Germany)', 'Evreux (France)', 'Saint-Malo (France)', 'Essen (Germany)', 'Berlin (Germany)', 'Schulpforte (Germany)', 'Vienna (Austria)', 'Épernay (France)', 'Nuremberg (Germany)']Time Period: 1944; World War II
The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher

ARTE France Cinéma-Canal+-BR-ARTE-CNC-Bavaria Film International
movie

Erika Kohut a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Setting: Vienna, AustriaTime Period: 2001
Woman in Gold

Woman in Gold

BBC Film-Origin Pictures
movie

Maria Altmann an octogenarian Jewish refugee takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She…

Setting: Vienna, Austria; Los Angeles, USATime Period: World War II & 1990s-2000s
The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

United Artists-Eon Productions-Danjaq
movie

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and…

Setting: Bratislava, Slovakia; Vienna, Austria; Afghanistan; Multiple International LocationsTime Period: 1980s

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