In order to find each other again, Lena and Andi decide to retreat to a remote holiday cabin deep in the mountains for a long weekend. When Andi finds out one morning that Lena has suddenly disappeared without a trace, the situation escalates. He goes in search of her and penetrates deeper and deeper into a mysterious and dark world of horror...
Acting
Simonischek's hunter radiates ancient menace without speaking
Cinematography
Alpine landscapes that suffocate instead of liberate
Sound
Silence weaponized, every creak becomes threat
Director
Stefan Müller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Austria's 'Alpine Gothic' revival, where folk tales meet modern relationship anxiety.
Simonischek, a titan of Austrian stage and screen, reportedly took this role to subvert his father-figure persona—his hunter embodies patriarchal violence made mythic.