Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream

20161 seriesEntertainment / Factual
Available on BBC Four HD
BBC Four HD

Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore describes how the Habsburgs transformed Vienna into a multi-national city of music, culture and ideas. Napoleon, Hitler, Mozart, Strauss, Freud, Stalin and Klimt all played their part.

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2/3. The story of how Vienna, triumphant after the Ottoman threat receded at the end of the 17th century, was transformed from a fortress into a great cultural capital. [S,AD] [HD]

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