Feature Film
Drama

The Devil’s Bath

Upper Austria in 1750: Agnes, a young married woman, doesn’t feel at home in her husband’s world. The deeply religious and highly sensitive woman withdraws into herself, moving further and further away from the rural world of work and everyday life.

Ultimately, a shocking act of violence seems to be the only way out of her inner prison. This profound and disturbing psychogramm of a woman who hopes, searches and finally flees is based on historical records and charts a true, previously unexplored chapter of European (women’s) history.

Data

Genre: Drama
Category: Feature Film
Financing: Majoritäre Koproduktion
Format: DCP, 130 Min
Release: 08.03.2024
Distribution: FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions: 20.672
Funding Film Institute: 1.357.483 €
Share of Austrian production costs: 37 %
Share of total production costs: 23 %
Television investment: 549.363 €
Co-production: Heimatfilm GmbH + Co KG (DE, 34%)
International funding: Filmstiftung NRW, DFFF, Eurimages
Festivals & Awards (Selection): Berlinale 2024 in competition
Funding program: ÖFI
Film location: Austria, Germany
Shooting time: November 2020 - December 2021
Days of shooting: 40
Completion: Winter 2022/2023
Funding institutions Austria: Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Filmstandort Austria, Land Niederösterreich

Credits

Production: Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion GmbH, coop 99 filmproduktion G.m.b.H.
Producer Austria: Ulrich Seidl
Director: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Script: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
DOP: Martin Gschlacht
Editor: Michael Palm
Sound engineer: Andreas Hildebrandt
Sound design: Matz Müller
Costume design: Tanja Hausner
Set design: Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin
Music: SOAP&SKIN/Anja Plaschg
Cast: Anja Plaschg (Agnes), David Scheid (Wolf), Maria Hofstätter (Mutter)
Production manager: Edgar Cox
German Title: Des Teufels Bad
Television investment: ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), BR/Arte