'38 - Vienna Before the Fall(1986)

38 – Vienna Before the Fall is a historical drama set in Austria during March 1938, as the Nazi Anschluss unfolds. The film follows Carola Hell, a celebrated actress at Vienna's Theater in der Josefstadt, and Martin Hofmann, a Jewish journalist she intends to marry. As spring arrives with promise, the couple attempts to focus on their work and personal happiness, determined to stay removed from politics. Yet their world grows increasingly precarious. When Martin's journalist colleague Drechsler warns them of imminent Nazi occupation, they struggle to grasp the magnitude of what's coming. The film traces how political upheaval inevitably intrudes on private lives, even for those who wish to remain untouched by it, capturing Vienna's final moments before everything changes.