Hinterland

Foreign Film Series ~ Hinterland

Monday, January 9, 2023 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
  • Library Hall
From an Oscar-winning director comes this visually audacious work of Expressionistic cinema, winner of the Audience Award at the Locarno International Film Fest.

The year is 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has fallen and what remains has devolved into social unrest and political turmoil. Peter Perg, a soldier of the Great War, returns to Vienna only to realize the place he once called home is now unfamiliar to him. Having spent years as a prisoner of war, Perg is disillusioned by this strange, new city distorted by the nightmares of war. His world is further upended when a gruesome series of murders targeting veterans begins to unfold. Feeling connected to the victims, Perg decides to investigate the mysterious crimes. A stranger in his own city, the looming threat of a serial killer begins to take its toll on him.

Screens in German with English subtitles.

 

Run Time: 

99 min.
"The Third Man meets Se7en amid the chaos of post-First World War Vienna in atmospheric serial-killer thriller Hinterland, a welcome return to the limelight for director Stefan Ruzowitzky..."
Screen Daily