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Opera ball
“The Opera ball turns into a catastrophe this year - hundreds die in front of the cameras...”
74%
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3h 0m
AI Analysis
Opera ball (1998) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Opera ball (1998) — a movie tagged as Drama and Thriller with tense and epic moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: 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.… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~180 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Opera ball 74% (7 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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...
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1998-03-15
- Runtime
- 3h 0m
- TMDB rating
- 7.4
- TMDB ID
- 295513
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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... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Opera ball?
The official runtime for Opera ball is approximately 180 minutes.
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Cast

Heiner Lauterbach
Kurt Frazer

Franka Potente
Gabrielle Becker
- F
Frank Giering
Jörg Blahacek 'Ingenieur'

Caroline Goodall
Heather Frazer

Gudrun Landgrebe
Claudia Röhler

Désirée Nosbusch
Iris von Hagen

Wolfgang Böck
Reso Dorf, neuer Polizeipräsident

Martin Brambach
Der Lange, Terrorist

Max Moor
Günther

Richard Bohringer
Michel Reboisson

Andreas Lust
Polizist Amon

Walter Schmidinger
Dr. Leitner

Olivia Silhavy
Paula
- C
Claus Peymann
himself

Hans-Michael Rehberg
Tomek

Georg Friedrich
Polier

Lukas Miko
Gaubeauftragter

Branko Samarovski
Vater Feilböck
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