Hinterland (2021 film)

Hinterland is a 2021 Austrian-Luxembourgish crime thriller film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and starring Murathan Muslu and Liv Lisa Fries.

Synopsis
The film is set in Vienna in 1920, after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Former detective Peter Perg returns home after the end of World War I, having spent years as a prisoner of war. After a series of killings of other POWs, he joins forces with forensic doctor Theresa Körner to solve the crimes.

Cast

 * Murathan Muslu as Peter Perg
 * Liv Lisa Fries as Dr. Theresa Körner
 * Max von der Groeben as Kommissar Paul Severin
 * Marc Limpach as Polizeirat Victor Renner
 * Aaron Friesz as Kovacs
 * Stipe Erceg as Bauer
 * Margarethe Tiesel as Hausmeisterin Subotic
 * Matthias Schweighöfer
 * Miriam Fontaine as Anna Perg
 * Lukas Johne as Vorarbeiter
 * Wolfgang Pissecker as Gefängniswärter
 * Konstantin Rommelfangen as Sesta
 * Fabian Schiffkorn as Polizist
 * Eugen Victor as Portier
 * Timo Wagner as Oberleutnant Krainer
 * Lukas Walcher as Heresmaty
 * Trystan Pütter as Rudolf Gerster
 * Germain Wagner as Graf von Starkenberg

Production
The film was shot to a large extent with the blue screen technology, the scenes were mainly created on the computer. In July 2021, a trailer of the film was released.

Release
The film premiered at the 74th Locarno Film Festival on 6 August 2021 and won Prix du public UBS Award.

Its German premiere was on 7 October 2021.