Hinterland is a 2021 Austrian-Luxembourgish crime thriller film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and starring Murathan Muslu and Liv Lisa Fries.
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Synopsis
The film is set in Vienna in 1920, after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Former detective Peter Perg returns home after the end of World War I, having spent years as a prisoner of war. After a series of killings of other POWs, he joins forces with forensic doctor Theresa Körner to solve the crimes.
Cast
Murathan Muslu as Peter Perg
Liv Lisa Fries as Dr. Theresa Körner
Max von der Groeben as Kommissar Paul Severin
Marc Limpach as Polizeirat Victor Renner
Aaron Friesz as Kovacs
Stipe Erceg as Bauer
Margarethe Tiesel as Hausmeisterin Subotic
Matthias Schweighöfer as Josef Severin
Miriam Fontaine as Anna Perg
Lukas Johne as Vorarbeiter
Wolfgang Pissecker as Gefängniswärter
Konstantin Rommelfangen as Sesta
Fabian Schiffkorn as Polizist
Eugen Victor as Portier
Timo Wagner as Oberleutnant Krainer
Lukas Walcher as Heresmaty
Trystan Pütter as Rudolf Gerster
Germain Wagner as Graf von Starkenberg
Production
The film was shot to a large extent with the blue screen technology, the scenes were mainly created on the computer. In July 2021, a trailer of the film was released.
Release
The film premiered at the 74th Locarno Film Festival on 6 August 2021 and won Prix du public UBS Award.
Its German premiere was on 7 October 2021.
