Living Together
2022 | 90 min | Documentary
An integration course teaches people the finer points of Viennese culture in Chinese, Arabic, Russian and German.
Thomas Fürhapter
DirectorThomas Fürhapter is a relatively unknown actor or director and as such, there is no public information available about his career, films, or awards.
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