Colonel Redl
Burt Lancaster had tried to mount a version in the 50's.,When Redl is in the prostitute's room, he fills up a glass with champagne. After the following shot, when he fills up the second glass, the first glass is seen on the table - still empty.,Velocchio: The most important thing for me is... that you love me... protect me and trust me. All my life I've been weak. l need your help. Tell me what to do. Tell me how to be. Cynical, maybe?
Alfred Redl: Why cynical?
Velocchio: You don't believe in the whole thing, but you go on. You said war is coming, but you'll lose it anyway.,Featured in Universum History: Leidenschaft und Verrat: Oberst Redl - Der Jahrhundertspion (2013),Radetzky-Marsch
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Written by Johann Strauss,The second of director Istvan Szabo's collaborations with actor Klaus Maria Brandauer (I have also watched the first, MEPHISTO [1981, but not the third, HANUSSEN [1988]) is a well-mounted and stately production, typically meticulous and thought-provoking, highlighting the actor's towering leading performance. Once again examining the country's history at the time of a major upheaval (the eve of WWI) and with Brandauer - very ably inhabiting every facet of his complex role - giving another subtle, compelling portrayal of misjudged pride and the shameful exposure (thankfully, the homosexual angle of the plot is barely stressed) at the hands of the regime he had devoted his life to serving.,