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Vienna towards the end of the First World War, film still, A around 1980

Production: unknown. The film can be viewed at the viewing stations in the study centre of the Film Archive Austria.

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    What the films didn’t show 1: Social contrasts

    The imperial structure was characterized by a rigid class system and social contrasts. Aristocrats and some of the bourgeoisie saw Habsburg rule as ‘good times’. For the majority of the underprivileged in the country and cities, however, life was fraught.