The Excluded

Overview

Die Ausgesperrten revolves around an unlikely group of 4 youths in Vienna who band together, each for different reasons, to mug people. Two are fraternal twins, the third a blue-collar worker, the fourth the privileged daughter of wealthy parents who "needs a little dirt in her life". The story provides penetrating insights into the Austria of the 50s, in which some enjoyed the benefits of the "Economic Miracle", while others were shut out. It repeatedly references Austria's Nazi past and the numerous ways in which it influences the present despite the conspiracy of silence which surrounds it.

Cast

Rudolf Wessely

Otto

Emmy Werner

Gretl

Paulus Manker

Peter

Ursula Knobloch

Anna

Christine Kaufmann

Ms. Pachthofen

Toni Böhm

Mr. Knopf

Kurt Jaggberg

Elfriede Jelinek

Anna's Teacher

Rose Renée Roth

Alexandra Curtis

Sophie