The Inheritors

Name: The Inheritors
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998-06-19
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Elisabeth Orth, Ulrich Wildgruber, Werner Prinz, Lars Rudolph, Simon Schwarz

The rich get richer... and sometimes the poor get richer too.

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Release Date

6/19/1998

Runtime

95 mins

Genres

Drama

Overview

In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be free of their tyrant. But the farmer was childless, so suddenly they all inherit the farm together. Now conflicts begin, as nobody is the boss and nobody has to obey.

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Original Language

German

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A darkly nuanced portrait of oppressed farmworkers suddenly freed from tyranny, only to discover that liberation doesn't automatically dissolve the hierarchies and resentments that bind them. The inheritance becomes a pressure cooker where newfound equality breeds conflict as much as hope.