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GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
A politically naive Viennese butcher manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 81GoodWatch 79
IMDb8.1
Running time
1 h 44 min
A typical length for dramas, −5 min on the typical 109
typical 109104Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1981
January 19, 1981
45 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Austria
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 16 more25 people
- Karl MerkatzKarl Bockerer
- ABAlfred BöhmAlfred Hatzinger
- Sieghardt RuppHermann
- Gustav KnuthHerr Knabe
- Klausjürgen WussowDr. Lamm
- Ida KrottendorfSabine (Binerl) Bockerer
- GSGeorg SchuchterHansi Bockerer
- RSRegina SattlerElisabeth
- Heinrich SchweigerNowotny
- Heinz MarecekRosenblatt
- Marianne NentwichAnna
Hans HoltHofrat
Senta WengrafHofrätin
Erni MangoldCaféhausbesitzerin
Kurt NachmannHerr Blau
Erich PadalewskiMann mit totem Kater
Thaddäus PodgorskiPfalzner
Marte HarellBaronin
Rolf KutscheraHistoriker- FSFranz StoßGeneral
Walter SchmidingerSchebesta
Dolores SchmidingerMitzi Haberl
Michael SchottenbergGstettner- MTMichael ToostInspektor
Directing · 1
- Franz Antel Director, Producer
Writing · 4
- Kurt Nachmann Screenplay
- H.C. Artmann Screenplay
- Ulrich Becher Theatre Play
- Peter Preses Theatre Play
Camera · 1
- Ernst W. Kalinke Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Irene Tomschik Editor
Sound · 1
- Gerhard Heinz Music
Art · 1
- Hertha Hareiter Art Direction
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Film 1 of 4 · then Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei
- The Butcher (1981)
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- Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei (1996)
GoodWatch score 67Film 2
- Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau (2000)
GoodWatch score 67Film 3
- Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling (2003)
GoodWatch score 61Film 4
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