His most interesting assertion comes at the beginning of the film, when Welles muses that the Vienna everybody remembers is a version of the city that never existed {I’m reminded of a quote from ‚The Third Man (1949): „I never knew Vienna before the War…“}. Instead, he declares that while the Vienna of today may not be the greatest city in the world, it’s a great place, nonetheless.
Hier anzuschauen (das gesuchte Zitat „The Vienna that never was is the greatest city ever“ fällt tatsächlich direkt am Anfang des Films).
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"This is a present from a small, distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours." Voyager Golden Record