Die Hölle - Österreichisches Filminstitut

Cold Hell

The young taxi driver Özge Dogruol is the witness of an extremely brutal homicide. The perpetrator seems to be an insane serial killer, inspired by the Islam. And he is convinced, that Özge has seen him at the crime scene. A fight to the death is going to start.

Genre Thriller
Category Feature Film
Financing Majoritäre Koproduktion
Production ALLEGRO Filmproduktionsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Format DCP, 90 Min
Release 19.01.2017
Distribution FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions 43.111
Viewers 194.000
Funding Film Institute 808.764 €
Share of Austrian production costs 26 %
Share of total production costs 17 %
Television investment 740.000 €
Co-production The Amazing Film Company (DE, 34%)
International funding Filmfernsehfonds Bayern, Deutscher Filmförderfonds

Ende der Kinoschutzfrist für:

VoD Release 19.07.2017
DVD Release 19.05.2017
first run on ORF1 Austrian Broadcasting Service 08.07.2018
Pay TV 19.01.2018
Free TV 19.07.2018

Details:

German Title Die Hölle
Script Martin Ambrosch
Director Stefan Ruzowitzky
DOP Benedict Neuenfels
Editor Britta Nahler
Sound engineer Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson
Sound design Tatjana Jakob
Costume design Sammy Zayed
Set design Isidor Wimmer
Music Marius Ruhland
Cast Violetta Schurawlow (Özge Dogruol), Tobias Moretti (Christian Steiner), Sammi Sheik (Saeed el Hadary), Friedrich von Thun (Karl Steiner), Robert Palfrader (Samir)
Production manager Thomas Pascher
Funding institutions Austria Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria
Television investment ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), ZDF
Film location Austria, Germany
Shooting time March - April 2016
Days of shooting 36
Start of shooting 07.03.2016
Completion Fall 2016
Producer Austria Helmut Grasser
International distribution Beta Cinema