Synopsis

Philip Ullich is supposed to take over his family’s long-standing business. Even his aunt Erika doesn’t want it to fall into the hands of her son Jochen, as she has discovered that he is a member of an extreme right-wing fraternity. But when she decides to sign the contract, she suddenly passes away. It almost looks like Jochen emerges victorious in the inheritance dispute, when, all of a sudden, his mother comes back to life again. Alas, her return from the afterlife isn’t the only one. Gradually, deceased family members start showing up in Ullich’s house and want to take part in the regulation of the inheritance. Among them is Philip’s attractive grand aunt Renate, with whom the young man immediately falls in love. When an already dead family member is murdered and an imperial and royal policeman arrives to investigate, events take a sudden turn. Virgil Widrich’s surreal and well-equipped chamber drama, painted in melodramatic colours, skilfully mixes reality together with fiction, depicting the process of coming to terms with the past in an extraordinary way. An “eerily beautiful family drama” (Salzburger Nachrichten) and a highly felicitous mystery film made in Austria.

Guests

CHRISTIAN BERGER

Chrisitian Berger
Cinematographer Night of a 1000 Hours
In Vienna: March 25

SIEGFRIED FRIEDRICH

Siegfried Friedrich
Composer Night of a 1000 Hours
In Vienna: March 25