Born in Vösendorf (Lower Austria); attendance at commercial school; as a pupil he conducts film productions for schools; 1916 volunteer for the Österreichisch-Ungarische Kinoindustrie GmbH (Anton Kolm); then chief engineer for the Fakir-Company and fund manager of the Imperial-Film 1920 is sent to Berlin as an assistant director of the Regent-Film 1921 return to Vienna; directing debut “Die beiden Rivalen” 1925-1930s produces multiple worker films ( e.g. “Mr. Pim’s Trip to Europe”) 1938 banned from working; does for a living by selling substandard film copies 1947 foundation of Pax-Film; produces the documentary “Der Leidensweg Österreichs” (today: “Sturmjahre”) by using his own archive (1937) and contemporary material [According to Büttner, Dewald. Über Ruinen zum neuen Leben, 2006.] Born in Trent as August Maria Wiberal. In 1923 ,Wiberal starts to work as a photo journalist in Vienna (Verlag Wiener Zeitungen, Der Abend, Telegraf, Echo); by 1930 he works as a cameraman for films. 1941-1947 in USA. 1947, return to Austria; editor for various newspapers (Kurier, Kronen-Zeitung, Neues Österreich) and photographer at the Pressebildagentur Franz Votava; parts of his estate can be found in the archives of the social democratic Arbeiterzeitung. Wiberal dies in Vienna in 1961. [According to Albertina - Sammlung Online (2015).]
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Title card: “An der Kamera: Mario Wiberal.” “Gesamtbildgestaltung: Frank Rossak.” “Der Film zeigt Kultur- und Baudenkmäler sowie Wiens Garten von heute.” Church on Leopoldsberg in Vienna. Pan of the city and countryside below. Pan of Stephansplatz. Vienna Parliament and city council. A streetcar passing in front of the Parliament. The Volksgarten. The Naturhistorisches museum. The Theseus Temple. The Burgtheater. Cafe Landtmann. The City Council. The Rathausplatz. Various statues. A streetcar passes in front of the Rathaus. The Universität Wien Hauptgebäude. The Liebenberg statue. The Rathaus. Various shots of the Votvikirche. The Rossauer Barracks. Maria am Gestade. Various shots of Stephansdom. Michaelerkirche. Freyung. Various shots of the Hofburg Palace. Minoritenkirche. Statue of Kaiser Franz I. Statue of Maria Theresa. The Burggarten. Cars driving past on the street. Cars and pedestrians on the street in front of the Opera House and Hotel Bristol. Albertina. The Equestrian Statue of Archduke Albrecht. Kapuzinergruft. Neuer Markt. The Danube Canal with the Urania observatory in the background. Men fishing in the canal. Volkstheater. Statue of Ferdinand Raimund. Rathaus. Minoritenkirche. Statue of Waldmuller. Panning shots of various buildings. CU on statue details at the Schonbrunn Palace. Schonbrunn Palace. Leopoldsberg. Hochstrahlbrunnen. Rathaus at night. Parliament at night. Stephansdom at night. An inscription of an Adolf Hitler quote.
Tour of Vienna