A dead whistleblower, a corrupt church, and a detective with a migraine problem walk into a bar...
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.
Acting
Josef Hader's exhausted everyman charisma carries every scene.
Writing
Dark comedy that actually lands in a child abuse thriller—how?
Direction
Murnberger balances Salzburg beauty with institutional rot.
Director
Wolfgang Murnberger
Josef Hader
Simon Brenner
Simon Schwarz
Berti
Joachim Król
Sportpräfekt Fitz
Maria Köstlinger
Konstanze Dornhelm
Udo Samel
Festspielpräsident
Jürgen Tarrach
Opernsänger
Rosie Alvarez
Di Ding
Georg Friedrich
Hausmeister Josef
Anne Bennent
Apothekerin
Johannes Silberschneider
Inspektor Stronegger
Joachim Bißmeier
Regens
Karl Fischer
Killer Max
Wolfgang S. Zechmayer
Killer Moritz
Christoph Schlingensief
Opernregisseur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Wolf Haas's novel, this sparked real debate in Austria about the Catholic Church's political power. Salzburg's Festival elite hated how accurately it portrayed their cozy corruption.
Josef Hader improvised much of Brenner's deadpan misery; the migraine was added after Hader actually got headaches on set. Method acting, Austrian style.
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