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Section: Austrian Trip
Fly Away Home (2016)
Vienna 1945: The powder keg of war and the Russian occupation as seen through the innocent eyes of nine-year-old Christine. She knows as little about peace as children today know about war. Bombed out and penniless, she and her family are put up in a fancy villa on the outskirts of Vienna. They now have a roof over their heads – nothing more. After the German soldiers capitulate, the Russians take over the house. Everybody is scared of the Russians, who are believed to be a capricious lot. Everybody, except Christine.
| Country | Austria |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Duration | 109 min |
| Rating | 14 |
| Language | German |
| Subtitle | Czech, English |
| Directed by | Mirjam Unger |
| Screenplay | Sandra Bohle & Mirjam Unger |
| Director of Photography | Eva Testor |
| Music | Eva Jantschitsch |
| Edited by | Niki Mossböck |
| Contact | Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production GmbH |
Biography
Film director and screenwriter. She studied at the Vienna Film Academy. She worked in TV and radio for many years. Her debut feature film was the drama Ternitz, Tennessee (2000). She has also produced feature-length documentaries, e.g. Vienna's Lost Daughters (Wiens verlorene Töchter, 2007).
Friendship, Family, Growing Up, Biography, Children with parents, True Story, War, Violence, Children with parents