Directed by:
Wolfgang MurnbergerCinematography:
Peter von HallerCast:
Simon Schwarz, Josef Hader, Joachim Król, Georg Friedrich, Udo Samel, Jürgen Tarrach, Martin Weinek, Gerhard Zemann, Christoph Schlingensief, Rosie Alvarez (more)Plots(1)
The idyllic scenery of the old part of Salzburg seems to have become something of a magnet for suicides of late. Gottlieb Dornhelm, son-in-law of the president of the Salzburg Festival may not be the first victim but he is certainly the most prominent person to have been found dead at the foot of the Mönchberg. Convinced her husband's death was murder, the victim's beautiful and elegant widow, Konstanze, hires Brenner to get on the case. After all, shortly before his death, the deceased created quite a scandal by talking to the press about his "education" whilst under the tutelage of the archbishop at the boys' seminary. At first Brenner's investigations just don't appear to add up: what exactly was the connection between the genial Father Fitz who exudes so much social commitment and the festival's president? And what about all those Filipino maids working at the convent who, after a while, just seem to disappear into thin air? Is the head of the convent school really as unworldly and harmless as he appears to be? Why is the convent's handyman Josef acting so strangely – and what has any of this to do with the opera singers appearing at the Salzburg Festival? No sooner does Brenner discover that he too is under suspicion of murder than events start to follow thick and fast. In the end, however, he finds himself enriched by yet another bitter experience... (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Simon Schwarz
Austria
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
Come Sweet Death (2000)
Protector (2009)
Josef Hader
Austria
Best movies:
Arthur & Claire (2017)
Come Sweet Death (2000)
The Bone Man (2009)
Joachim Król
West Germany
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Georg Friedrich
Austria
Best movies:
North Face (2008)
The Seventh Continent (1989)
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Udo Samel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Seventh Continent (1989)
La Rébellion (1993) (TV movie)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Jürgen Tarrach
West Germany
Best movies:
Casino Royale (2006)
The Reader (2008)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
Martin Weinek
Austria
Best movies:
Silentium (2004)
Zwei Weihnachtshunde (2005) (TV movie)
LandKrimi (2014) (series)
Gerhard Zemann
Austria
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Silentium (2004)
Stockinger: Salzburger Kugeln (1996) (TV movie)
Christoph Schlingensief
West Germany
Best movies:
Terror 2000 - Intensivstation Deutschland (1992)
United Trash (1996)
Silentium (2004)
Rosie Alvarez
UK
Best movies:
Green Wing (2004) (series)
Silentium (2004)
Tödlicher Umweg (2004)
Karl Fischer
Austria
Best movies:
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
My Best Enemy (2011)
Johannes Silberschneider
Austria
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
La Rébellion (1993) (TV movie)
Dirk Stermann
West Germany
Best movies:
Forever Never Anywhere (2007)
Import/Export (2007)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Anne Bennent
Switzerland
Best movies:
Die Wildente (1976)
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
Séraphine (2008)
Elias Pressler
Austria
Best movies:
Silentium (2004)
Zodiak - Der Horoskop-Mörder (2007) (series)
Maria Köstlinger
Sweden
Best movies:
Vienna Blood (2019) (series)
Vanished (2011) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Wolfgang S. Zechmayer
Austria
Best movies:
Frozen Sky (2011) (series)
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen (1994)
Gebürtig (2002)
Klaus Ortner
Best movies:
Time of the Wolf (2003)
Silentium (2004)
Verfolgt - Der kleine Zeuge (2012) (TV movie)
Wolf Haas
Austria
Best movies:
Life Eternal (2015)
Silentium (2004)
Werner Brix
Austria
Best movies:
Schächten: A Retribution (2022)
Vanished (2011) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)