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Quick Info

Rating

6.4/10

Release2018

Runtime1h 49m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$360,996

Production

Tobis Film

Glory Film

Epo-Film

Perathon Film-und Fernsehproduktions

ORF

ARD Degeto

Movie

The Tobacconist

2018

1h 49m

6.4

Drama

History

Synopsis

Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys and hardships of life by working as an apprentice to the mutilated war veteran Otto Trsnjek in a small tobacco shop, where he meets the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, who will become a valuable friend in times of chaos and uncertainty.

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