Editor-in-chief Daniel Käfer is unemployed. His magazine "Intelligence" was discontinued due to "too high a standard". Now he wants to think about his future in Ausseerland, where he spent his best summer vacations, but his return to the realm of his childhood turns out to be a dangerous labyrinth that entangles him in the dark secrets of the Ausseer people.
Acting
Simonischek's exhausted dignity vs. Minichmayr's delicious instability.
Direction
Pölsler turns postcard-perfect lakes into claustrophobic traps.
Director
Julian Pölsler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ausseerland's real-life 'Sommerfrische' tradition drew Austrian aristocracy for centuries; Pölsler weaponizes this heritage against itself.
Ludwig Hirsch, playing Toni Kalss, was primarily a legendary Austrian singer-songwriter; this was one of his rare dramatic roles before his 2011 death.
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