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

Captain America: Civil War
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…

Extraction 2
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…

Before Sunrise
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.

Amadeus
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…

The Third Man
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…

The Illusionist
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…

All the Light We Cannot See
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…

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

Woman in Gold
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…

The Living Daylights
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…
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