Herbst in Wien

Vienna 1916. In the last years of World War I, difficult times begin for the Viennese bookseller Oskar Novak and his wife Marie. An injury spares Oskar from returning to the front, but Marie senses that he has experienced things he will likely never forget. Hunger and hardship characterize Vienna during these years, and the small bookstore on Währinger Strasse is not generating enough income.

When the worst of the hardship is alleviated, fate presents a new challenge in 1919: the Spanish flu is rampant in Vienna. Only the start of the new decade brings light back into Marie and Oskar's lives. In 1920, their son Paul is born, and customers return to the bookstore. With the free-spirited friend Fanni Gold, the glamour of the 1920s arrives: late-night theater and café visits provide variety. But what are these women's gatherings that Fanni wants to take her to? A right to vote for women – should Marie join her friend in this fight?.