The World of
the Habsburgs

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Characters and scenes from Vienna popular life, film still, A 1911

Production: Österreichisch-Ungarische Kinoindustrie. 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.