This is a wonderful film noir, much better than the English-language version "Stolen Identity", largely because of the fine performance of Gustav Fröhlich in the male lead.
But...
What is up with this Germanic fantasy of young beautiful women falling for much older men? This is a common feature of early postwar German and Austrian movies. Here, its lovely Cornell Borchers (27 years old) falling in love with Fröhlich (50); in "Nachts auf der Strassen" (1952), it's Hildegard Knef (27) going for a tired out, paunchy Hans Albers (61); in "Film ohne Titel" (1948), Knef is only 23 and her crush Hans Söhnker is 45; the list goes on and on.
Apart from this distracting peculiarity, this is a highly entertaining film.
Review of Abenteuer in Wien
