God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore, Santa Fe, and Welcome in Vienna comprise a trilogy of films directed by Axel Corti and written by Georg Stefan Troller. The films are loosely based on Troller’s life as a Viennese Jew who fled Europe as a teenager, emigrated to the United States, and returned to Europe during World War II as an American soldier.
The three full length feature films – which are connected to each other by an advancing chronology and a series of overlapping characters – can be viewed together or separately.
Each award-winning film stands on its own as a fully-realized drama.
Critical Acclaim for WHERE TO AND BACK:
“’Where to and Back’ is a masterpiece” – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
“Remarkable films.” – Deborah J. Kunk, Los Angeles Herald Examiner
“At once intimate and epic and an impeccable period re-creation, ‘Where to and Back’ is a masterpiece shot in gritty black and white and populated by several dozen richly drawn characters.” – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
“A masterful, engrossing, novelistic trilogy.” – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
“A filmmaker whose restless, intelligent camera eye is always fixed on the fresh and illuminating phrase, gesture, moment.” – John Powers, L.A. Weekly
“The story of individuals compelled to reshape their identities against the backdrop of World War II.“ – Annette Insdorf, New York Times
“The cast is perfect.” – Stanley Kaufman, New Republic
“What Corti and Troller have done is what artists do: illuminate the life, the lives, within the history – the terrible drama, the bizarre comedy, the wry contradictions.” – Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic
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