VIENNESE MILIEUS

rise of the working class

At the turn of the 19th century, there is an ambivalent tension in the metropolis Vienna – electrifying and fatal at the same time. Exploitation and starvation haunts the fast growing population but he largely extremely poor mass of people starts to resist, stands up and demands change.

from grandeur to terror

HOTEL MéTROPOLE

Vienna’s Hotel Métropole, once a luxurious symbol of progress, became the Gestapo’s terror headquarters in 1938. Featuring reenactments, archival footage, and survivor testimonies, the documentary reveals Nazi brutality, resistance, and the haunting legacy of history.

THE END OF THE HABSBURG MONARCHY

Memories of a continent

THE HERITAGE OF AUSTIRA

VIennese milieus - poverty in the empire

ABOUT US

Portal Films is an observer of historical developments and current events, reinterpreting connections of contexts and linking them in unexpected perspectives.

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