It is the year 2000 and the World Global Union is in charge, although other countries are allowed to elect their own government leaders, as long as they support the Union. When Austria's newly-elected president, makes his inauguration speech, he declares Austrian independence and issues an edict ending Austria's financial support for the Global Union. The Global Union President arrives in a flying-saucer with her retinue of world-soldiers, equipped with death-ray guns, to put an end to the rebellion. The president and the country are put on trial. The Austrian president recounts the country's' long battle for peace, and shows how Austria stopped the invasion of the Turks, and gave the world the operetta and the waltz. He organizes a mass parade with flora floats and a brass band playing the Austrian Freedom Song in order to appeal to the court's impartiality. A 1943 document signed by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin and assuring Austria of independence is presented.—Les Adams <[email protected]>
It is the first of April, 2000, and Austria is still occupied by the Four Powers of World War II - France, the United Kingdom, the USA and the USSR. When the Prime Minister (Josef Meinrad) unilaterally declares Austria's independence, an international delegation from the Global Union, led by its President (Hilde Krahl), arrives and stages a trial in Vienna to determine whether Austria should be razed and left barren as punishment for endangering world peace and habitual war - mongering. The Austrians stage a series of historical re - enactments to convince the Union representatives of their country's peaceful nature. The President is unmoved, even by the Prime Minister's impassioned speeches; in response, he decides to enlist the help of the people in holding a public rally and has a song composed for the occasion. As part of the rally, the representatives are shown Austria's contributions to the world's culture in the form of various operettas. Finally, the Prime Minister takes the President on a walk through Vienna and manages to win her over, so she ends the trial and confirms Austria's independence.
