Hagazussa

Hagazussa (2018)

A Heathen's Curse.

In the 15th century, a young goatherd living alone in a mountain hut feels a dark presence in the woods.

Date of release
2018-05-17
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (281)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Horror, Drama, Fantasy
Director
Lukas Feigelfeld

Casting

Interesting facts

Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse is a 2017 German-Austrian horror film written and directed by Lukas Feigelfeld in his feature directorial debut, and produced by Feigelfeld and Simon Lubinski. The film follows Aleksandra Cwen as goat-herder Albrun, who leads a secluded life in a remote part of the 15th-century Alps, an area which is fraught with belief in witches and fear of heathens and other non-Christian cultures.

Production

Feigelfeld wrote, directed, and co-produced Hagazussa as his film school graduation project, partially financing it with crowdfunding donations. According to Feigelfeld:

"After researching about old pagan beliefs and folklore about witches, that were supposed to roam the mountain woods in those times, my interest was to develop a character that these folk tales would have branded as a witch, but to dig deeper into her psyche and see her as the traumatized, mistreated and finally delusional person that society constructed.

The music for the film was composed by Greek dark ambient duo MMMD.

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