Croatia, December 1991. The war is raging in Slavonija. A violin player Ivan and his colleagues play in the front lines. One of their concerts is interrupted by the enemy shelling. Ivan’s best friend, the cello player, loses his arm. After that Ivan goes to visit his parents who fled to Vienna in order to escape from the horrors of war. He meets a beautiful female doctor, Marina. A friend brings him to an audition in the theatre. Vienna immersed in shining bright lights of Christmas opens possibilities of a new life for Ivan.
But his concern for a wounded friend and his father’s determined decision to return to Croatia, place him in a dilemma. Christmas in Vienna is a film about vulnerable individuals in an extreme situation of crude reality of war. By telling a story of complex and encumbering interpersonal relations of characters, the film questions universal ethical values.