Synopsis
A doctor, who commits malpractice in a major urban hospital, retreats to a remote house in the countryside. Although he is acquitted, his conscience is not so easily appeased. When a murder occurs and the southern Styria village searches for the culprit, he has to take a stand.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Xaver SchwarzenbergerDirector
- Ulrike SchwarzenbergerWriter
- Walter KappacherWriter
- Gerhard RothWriter
Cast
- Hanno PöschlDr. Ascher
- Marie-France PisierFlorence
- Johannes ThanheiserRogy
- Bruno DallanskyHofmeister
- Marius CellaLüscher
- Maria EmoWitwe Egger
- Herbert SteinmetzArzt
- Hans Georg NenningSchlachter
- Sepp LöwingerBestatter
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookblack and whiteaccidental deathdeathrabiessuicide thoughtsguilty conscienceestrangementcountry doctorremote villageaccidental killingmedical malpractice