''A Dream, What Else?'' (german: Ein Traum, was sonst?) is a 1995 Austrian-German drama film written and directed by

Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (born 8 December 1935) is a German film director, whose best known film is his lengthy feature ''Hitler: A Film from Germany''. Early life Born in Nossendorf, Province of Pomerania (1815–1945), Pomerania, the son of a ...

. It stars Edith Clever as Sybille von Bismarck, the daughter-in-law of

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat. From his origins in the upper class of J ...

Plot

The film consists of a monologue where the main character, aged and widowed, mourns the defeat of Prussia at the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. She recites from '' The Trojan Women'' by

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful e ...

, '' The Prince of Homburg'' by Heinrich von Kleist and '' Faust: Part II'' (1832) by

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...

Production

The monologue was first performed on stage in Berlin in 1990 and toured several countries during the following years. The film was shot in the summer 1994 at Szene-Theater in

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

, Austria, for Szene Salzburg and

ORF ORF or Orf may refer to: * Norfolk International Airport, IATA airport code ORF * Observer Research Foundation, an Indian research institute * One Race Films, a film production company founded by Vin Diesel * Open reading frame, a portion of the ...

. It was produced through Syberberg's German company TMS Film.

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* 1990s historical drama films 1995 films Films based on works by Euripides Films based on works by Heinrich von Kleist Films based on Goethe's Faust Films directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Films shot in Austria Films set in Germany Austrian historical drama films German historical drama films 1990s German-language films German World War II films Films set in 1945 Monodrama 1995 drama films Modern adaptations of works by Euripides 1990s German films {{historic-film-stub