In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be free of their tyrant. But the farmer was childless, so suddenly they all inherit the farm together. Now conflicts begin, as nobody is the boss and nobody has to obey.
Acting
Ensemble cast simmers with barely-contained resentment and desire
Cinematography
Bleak mountain landscapes that feel like another character watching
Director
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Stefan Ruzowitzky later won an Oscar for The Counterfeiters, but this remains his most uncompromising work.
The film deliberately echoes actual early 20th-century Austrian peasant uprisings, where liberated workers often recreated the hierarchies they escaped.
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