Opera ball (Opernball) 26 years old

The Opera ball turns into a catastrophe this year - hundreds die in front of the cameras...

The Vienna State Opera on Thursday before the Carnival. As every year the large ball rather is attended by celebrities from politics and the media. Just the arrival of newcomers is finished and the Polonaise faded as it is in the best tradition: "Alles Walzer". transferred with 20 cameras live throughout the world. Television journalist Fraser (Heiner Lauterbach) views the event from the control room, outside in the hall leads his son has one of the cameras. Suddenly all hell breaks loose: poison gas flows from hidden containers, hundreds of guests die in agony, millions of horrified spectators experience it on the TV screen...

Credits

Opera ball Cast

Name Character
Caroline Goodall She was 38, now 64 years old as Heather Frazer
Andreas Lust He was 30, now 57 years old as Polizist Amon
Franka Potente She was 23, now 49 years old as Gabrielle Becker
Désirée Nosbusch She was 33, now 59 years old as Iris von Hagen
Heiner Lauterbach He was 44, now 71 years old as Kurt Frazer
Branko Samarovski He was 58, now 84 years old as Vater Feilböck
Martin Brambach He was 30, now 56 years old as Der Lange, Terrorist
Richard Bohringer He was 56, now 82 years old as Michel Reboisson
Gudrun Landgrebe She was 47, now 73 years old as Claudia Röhler
Wolfgang Böck He was 45, now 71 years old as Reso Dorf, neuer Polizeipräsident
Frank Giering He was 26, 38 years old when he died as Jörg Blahacek 'Ingenieur'
Hans-Michael Rehberg He was 59, 79 years old when he died as Tomek
Lukas Miko He was 26, now 53 years old as Gaubeauftragter
Georg Friedrich He was 31, now 57 years old as Polier
Walter Schmidinger He was 64, 80 years old when he died as Dr. Leitner

Opera ball Crew

Name Department
Urs Egger as Director. He was 43 (65) years old when He died Directing
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Opera ball (26 years)

The Opera ball turns into a catastrophe this year - hundreds die in front of the cameras...

  • Release day: Sunday, March 15, 1998
  • Runtime: 180 minutes