DES TEUFELS BAD
Austria, Germany

Winner European Costume Design 2024

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 psychograph 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.

Written & directed by: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Produced by: Ulrich Seidl, Bettina Brokemper
Cinematography: Martin Gschlacht
Editing: Michael Palm
Production Design: Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin
Costume Design: Tanja Hausner
Make-Up & Hair: Judith Kröher Falch, Tünde Kiss-Benke
Original Score: Anja Plaschg (Soap&Skin)
Sound: Andreas Hildebrandt, Matz Müller, Tobias Fleig
Visual Effects: Thomas Loeder
Casting: Henri Steinmetz
Cast: Anja Plaschg (Agnes), David Scheid (Wolf), Maria Hofstätter (Gänglin)

Statement of the directors:
In the 18th century, vernacular, melancholy people were said to be trapped in the “devil’s bath”. This devil’s bath refers to a phenomenon that is still a social taboo and major problem today: depression.

Production:
Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion
www.ulrichseidl.com

World Sales:
Playtime
www.playtime.group