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‘The Devil’s Bath’ Review: Grim Austrian Folk Horror Chillingly Evokes A Dark Chapter In European History – Berlin Film Festival


‘The Devil’s Bath’ review: grim folk horror chillingly evokes a dark chapter in European history – Berlin Film Festival

“Please make me a good wife to Wolf,” murmurs Agnes (Anja Plaschg) on her marriage night, head bowed in front of the crucifix she has already set up in the conjugal bedroom of the tumbledown stone farmhouse where she will live from now on. Agnes, after she commits and then confesses to the crime that will finally give her leave from this world, shrieks for what feels like minutes in full-throated agony mixed with relief; the shadows of the confessional’s grille checker her face until she barely looks human. Title: The Devil’s Bath Festival: Berlin(Competition) Sales agent: Playtime Directors/screenwriters: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala Cast: Anja Plaschg, David Scheid, Maria Hofstätter Running time: 2 hr 1 min

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