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The Devil's Bath

Fiction, 2024

Synopsis
Upper Austria in the year 1750: a fishpond reflects the grey sky. A deep, dark forest swallows the sunlight. On a hilltop, an executed woman has been displayed for all to see. As evidence. As a warning. As an omen? Agnes, deeply religious and highly sensitive, looks at the dead woman with pity. But also with longing, because she feels like a stranger in the world of her husband Wolf. It is an emotionally cold world consisting of work, chores and expectations. Agnes withdraws more and more into herself. Her inner prison becomes ever more oppressive, her melancholy more overwhelming. Soon her only way out seems to be a shocking act of violence.
Projekt Details
Script & directed by: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
DoP: Martin Gschlacht
Costumes: Tanja Hausner
Make-up: Judith Kröher Falch, Tünde KissS-Benke
SFX-Make-up: Roman Braunhofer
Art Directors: Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin
Sound: Andreas Hildebrandt
Music: Soap&Skin
Editor: Michael Palm
Casting: Henri Steinmetz

With: Anja Plaschg, David Scheid, Maria Hofstätter

A co-production between Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, Heimatfilm and COOP99 Filmproduktion.

With support of Österreichischen Filminstituts, Film- und Medienstfitung NRW,  FISA-Film Standort Austria, Filmfonds Wien, Eurimages, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Land Niederösterreich in Zcollaboration with ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk, in collaboration with ARTE.

Festivals
74. Berlinale 2024 - Competition
Diaginale Graz 2024
Tribeca 2024
Sitges IFFF 2024
Film Festival Cologne 2024
Awards
Silberner Bär für eine Herausragende Künstlerische Leistung für Martin Gschlacht
Diagonale 2024 - THOMAS PLUCH DREHBUCHPREIS
Diagonale 2024 - KODAK ANALOG FILMPREIS 2024
Österreichischer Filmpreis 2024 - BESTER SPIELFILM
Österreichischer Filmpreis 2024 - BESTE WEIBLICHE HAUPTROLLE Anja Plaschg
Österreichischer Filmpreis 2024 - BESTE WEIBLICHE NEBENROLLE Maria Hofstätter
Österreichischer Filmpreis 2024 - BESTE KAMERA Martin Gschlacht
Österreichischer Filmpreis 2024 - BESTE MONTAGE Michael Palm
Österreichischer Filmpreis 2024 - BESTES MASKENBILD Judith Kröher Falch, Tünde Kiss-Benke
Österreichischer Filmpreis 2024 - BESTES SZENENBILD Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin
Österreichischer Filmpreis 2024 - BESTE MUSIK Anja F. Plaschg (Soap & Skin)
Sitges IFFF 2024 - Best Feature Film Award in the SOFC section
Sitges IFFF 2024 - José Luis Guarner Critics' Award for Best SOFC Feature Film
Sitges IFFF 2024 -  Best Official Fantastic Competition Film awarded by Carnet Jove
Film Festival Cologne - Filmpreis NRW