“The Third Man meets Se7en amid the chaos of post-First World War Vienna.”
— Neil Young, Screen Daily
“Impresses with its boldness.”
— Jay Weissberg, Variety
“Eye-popping… the hypervivid visuals [are] a feat.”
— Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times
“Immersive and wildly imaginative.”
— Rob Aldam, Backseat Mafia
WHEN AN EX-PRISONER OF THE GREAT WAR RETURNS HOME
TO FIND HIS COMRADES BRUTTALY MURDERED, HE DECIDES
TO BRING THE SERIAL KILLER TO JUSTICE IN THIS STYLISH, ATMOSPHERIC NOIR THRILLER FROM OSCAR® WINNER
STEFAN RUZOWITZKY
HINTERLAND
Street Date: December 13, 2022
DVD/Digital: $29.95
From the Director of The Counterfeiters Comes the Audience Award Winner
at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival; the DVD Includes Director Commentary,
VFX Featurettes and the Bonus Short Film “Haute Cuisine”
SYNOPSIS
Winner of the Audience Award at Locarno International Film Festival and from the director of Oscar-winning film, THE COUNTERFEITERS, comes this visually audacious work of Expressionistic cinema. HINTERLAND brings the visual style of post-WWI classics like THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI to the 21st-century through almost exclusive use of blue screen technology.
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.
BONUS FEATURES
Commentary by director Stefan Ruzowitzky,
VFX Featurettes
Bonus Short Film Haute Cuisine (Directed by Meryl Roche | France | French with English Subtitles | 24 minutes) — While toiling away in the highly competitive kitchen of a top-rated restaurant, Marie (Joséphine Japy) inadvertently discovers a strange new ingredient that wins her the admiration of the chef but with frightening consequences.
PPROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Genre: Drama/Thriller/World Cinema
Running Time: 99 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 Widescreen
Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound/2.0 Stereo
Language: German with English Subtitles
About Film Movement
Founded in 2002, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide including the Oscar-nominated films Theeb (2016) and Corpus Christi (2020). Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, King Hu, Sergio Corbucci, Ettore Scola and Luchino Visconti. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com. Visit www.filmmovementplus.com for more information about Film Movement Plus, the new subscription streaming service from Film Movement.
