Die Ausgesperrten revolves around an unlikely group of 4 youths in Vienna who band together, each for different reasons, to mug people. Two are fraternal twins, the third a blue-collar worker, the fourth the privileged daughter of wealthy parents who "needs a little dirt in her life". The story provides penetrating insights into the Austria of the 50s, in which some enjoyed the benefits of the "Economic Miracle", while others were shut out. It repeatedly references Austria's Nazi past and the numerous ways in which it influences the present despite the conspiracy of silence which surrounds it.

The Excluded (1982)
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Rudolf Wessely
Otto
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Emmy Werner
Gretl

Paulus Manker
Peter

Christine Kaufmann
Ms. Pachthofen

Elfriede Jelinek
Anna's Teacher