The Inheritors Movie Review 1998

Seven peasants in 1930s rural Austria unexpectedly inherit the farm they've been working from its misanthropic owner, who was murdered by an elderly peasant woman. The foreman (Pruckner) tries to bully the others to sell the farm to the neighboring gentry, Danniger (Wildgruber). When they refuse, the twosome try to sabotage the property, which leads to the foreman's death and places the peasants in the murderous path of the intolerant locals. German with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Farm Livin', Great Depression, Hard Knock Life

Screenplay

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Cast

Tito Pruckner, Ulrich Wildgruber, Simon Schwarz, Sophie Rois, Lars Rudolph, Julia Gschnitzer

Cinematography

Peter von Haller

Director

Stefan Ruzowitzky

Music

Erik Satie