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There was a good atmosphere in the Cineplex Erding after the dark drama. Sitting down for the group photo after the preview of “Hundwut” were (front, from left): the actors Leon Brugger, Julia Gruber, Christian Swoboda, Corinna Binzer, Sepp Schauer and Christine Neubauer, producer Thomas Gottschall, director Daniel Alavarenga and the Erdinger sound engineer Dominique Klatte in front of the audience and answered many questions. © Cineplex Erding
The film “Hundswut”, which celebrated its preview at the Cineplex Erding, is a dark drama. Visitors were also able to ask actress Christine Neubauer questions.
Erding - It's about murder, false suspicions and accusations under the guise of faith. The Bavarian film drama “Hundswut” has an impact. This is what cinemagoers experienced at the preview at the Cineplex Erding. They got into conversation with the film crew around the actors Christine Neubauer, Sepp Schauer and Corinna Binzer.
Petra Henkel from Erding was also excited. Since Binzer is an acquaintance of hers, she bought two tickets and her friend Andrea Schlehhuber was with her. It was also clear to Christine Neubauer that the film would affect people's emotions: “We don't say much in advance, except: stay seated. But I can tell you that it won't be difficult for you because you'll be able to sit in your armchair. That happened to me too, that you have to digest first.”
And Neubauer was right. The 130-minute work - entirely in Bavarian - is about the murder of four young people in the forest. The local council of the small village initially tries to attribute the crime to a wolf suffering from “dog rage”, i.e. rabies, in order to calm the village community. But that doesn't work.
When Joseph Köhler (Markus Brandl), who suffers from depression after a stroke of fate and lives as a hermit, is found covered in blood in the forest, a new scapegoat seems to have been found and the local council quickly decides to take the law into their own hands.
Since there is no solid evidence, the committee simply refers to the “Hexenhammer”, a theological manual on witch hunts from the Middle Ages. The hermit is quickly accused of many other crimes that arise from village gossip, from being a werewolf to an alliance with devils and demons to incest - and forcing a confession through torture. Most people in the village realize that this is nonsense, but no one dares to contradict it. Nothing more will be revealed at this point.
When the actors, director Daniel Alavarenga, producer Thomas Gottschall and Erdinger sound engineer Dominique Klatte step in front of the screen after the end of the film, they see shocked faces. When asked by the audience why there was no happy ending, Alavarenga replied that then they would leave the cinema on lighter footing. However, he wanted the story to stay in people's minds.
A viewer wanted to know how realistic such events were. The director cited a similar case in the 17th century, in which an execution was carried out according to the church manual, which inspired him to write the script. The fact that the “witch’s hammer” was officially still part of the church and could still be used purely theoretically also caused wide eyes.
Petra Henkel also had to take a breather after the film: “It's tough stuff.” After the film, she was happy to be living in today's time instead of almost 100 years ago. Nevertheless, it is still important to say “no” in good time and not to close our eyes to injustice in society. She agreed with Andrea Schlehhuber. Both of them will definitely recommend the film. But now they want to go and express their praise to Corinna Binzer.
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Start date: The film “Hundswut” will be shown regularly at the Cineplex Erding from Thursday, April 4th. Tickets for this are available in advance from this Tuesday.