Feature2021·98m·6.2

Hinterland

ThrillerDramaHistory

Vienna, 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed. Peter Perg returns home from the Great War, after years of captivity. But the Vienna he comes home to is nothing like the place he once knew. The new Austrian Republic thrives on social and artistic freedom, but anti-democratic movements and unemployment loom overhead. A stranger in his hometown, his life takes a turn for the worse when one of his former comrades is murdered. Suddenly the mysterious killings of veterans are mounting. Personally connected to the victims, Perg decides to bring the killer to justice. He finds an ally in the cool-headed forensic doctor Theresa Körner, with whom he has a deeper, shared history. Their investigation leads them into the darkest corners of the city, as they confront a brutal and systematic killer and intrigues from within the police force. But when the killer’s net closes around Perg himself, he faces the moral dilemma of his life.

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Cast

Murathan Muslu

Perg

Liv Lisa Fries

Körner

Max von der Groeben

Severin

Marc Limpach

Renner

Matthias Schweighöfer

Josef

Margarethe Tiesel

Concierge

Maximilien Jadin

Hoffmann

Aaron Friesz

Kovacs

Stipe Erceg

Bauer

Timo Wagner

Krainer

Trystan Pütter

Gerster

Germain Wagner

Starkenberg

Peter Moucka

Steiner

Milton Martins

Captain

Miriam Fontaine

Anna Perg

Marlene Pribil

Marlene Perg

Jeanne Werner

Prostitute in Brandweinhalle

Konstantin Rommelfangen

Sesta

Al Ginter

Head waiter

Mö Sbiri

Bouncer

Details

Status
Released
Original language
German
Languages
German
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Amour Fou LuxembourgFilm Fund LuxembourgFreibeuterFilmLieblingsfilmPhilophonSCOPE Pictures

Crew

Director

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Writers

Robert Buchschwenter, Hanno Pinter, Stefan Ruzowitzky

Martin Reiter

Production Design

Andreas Sobotka

Production Design

Kyan Bayani

Original Music Composer

Benedict Neuenfels

Director of Photography

Oliver Neumann

Editor

Uli Simon

Costume Design

Gallery

Reviews

MovieGuys

8/19/2022

10.0

Whilst I'd be inclined to view Hinterland as a work of fiction in most respects, it does capture the atmosphere of the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire at the end of world war I and the subsequent transition of Austria into a proto-modernist state, beautifully. Hinterland is a well paced, surreal crime drama with Gothic overtones and a strong anti war message. Its superbly acted, with a cast of faces I'm familiar with from series such as Babylon Berlin. Perhaps the only downside is a dash of unnecessary and wholly anachronistic woke-ness, at one point but this can be overlooked, as this is in almost every other respect, a top quality production. 10/10