HINTERLAND

Hinterland | 26 April | 18:00 | Big Hall

Austria | Luxembourg | 2021 | 99 mins

Feature film, in German with English and Hungarian subtitles

TRAILER

Vienna, 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed. After years of captivity, Peter Perg returns home from the Great War. But the Vienna he returns to is nothing like the place he once knew and he is a stranger in his hometown. Suddenly, the mysterious killings of his former war comrades are mounting. Thus, Perg decides to bring the killer to justice. He finds an ally in the cool-headed forensic doctor Theresa Körner. Their investigation leads them into the darkest corners of the city. The film won the Prix du public UBS at the Locarno Film Festival in 2021.

Stefan Ruzowitzky (*1961) – director

Stefan Ruzowitzky is an Austrian writer and director. His horror film called Anatomy became the highest-grossing German genre movie ever. In 2007, his film The Counterfeiters obtained the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award (Oscar). Among others, he also directed the American crime drama film Deadfall and co-created a number of TV series such as 8 Days or The Barbarians.