The Devil's Bath

Upper Austria in the year 1750: A carp pond reflects the gray of the sky. A deep, dark forest swallows the sunlight. An executed woman is displayed on a hill. As proof. As a warning. An omen? The deeply religious and highly sensitive Agnes looks at the dead woman with pity. Also with longing, because she feels a stranger in the world of her husband Wolf, into which she has just married. An emotionally cold world full of work, chores and expectations. Agnes withdraws more and more. Her inner prison becomes ever tighter, her melancholy ever more oppressive. An act of violence soon seems to be her only way out. Austria is sending the historical film “The Devil's Bath” by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala into the race for the 2025 Foreign Oscar.