While we wait for Sony Screen Gems to release Stefan Ruzowitzky’s Patient Zero, which is described as a new spin on the zombie film, he’s been hard at work on yet another genre pic that was filmed in Germany.
Die Hölle, translated to The Hell or quite simply Hell, opens internationally this coming January.
Violetta Schurawlow stars as Özge, a young Vienna based taxi driver of Turkish origin who witnesses an extremely brutal murder. The offender seems to be a crazed serial killer. And he is convinced that Özge has seen him. A life-and-death struggle ensues.
In his job as a police officer, Christian Steiner (Tobias Moretti) often has contact with people from immigrant backgrounds. Some years ago his wife left him, taking their child with her. Since then Steiner has been living with his father (Friedrich von Thun) and cares for him as best he can. Steiner finds it very difficult to trust other people, especially women.
“Hell is set to be the fastest and toughest Austrian thriller made in recent years, full of magnificent stunts and breath-taking tension!” says Ruzowitzky.
Hell is an Allegro Film production, in cooperation with The Amazing Film Company, produced with the support of the Austrian Film Institute, ORF (as part of the movie/television agreement), Filmfonds Vienna, Filmstandort Vienna, ZDF German Filmförderfond and FilmFernsehFonds Bavaria.
Check out the film’s first trailer.
