Casts & Crew
Erwin Steinhauer
Simon Polt, Gendarm
Monica Bleibtreu
Aloisia Habesam, Gemischtwarenhändlerin
Nicholas Ofczarek
Fritz Holzer
Peter Simonischek
Karl Gappmayer
Traugott Buhre
Professor Wehdorn
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Friedrich Kurzbacher
Erni Mangold
Anna Breitwieser
Karl Markovics
Rudi Riebl
Udo Samel
Willi
Gerhard Dorfer
Dr. Eichhorn
Karin Kienzer
Karin Walter
Hans-Georg Nenning
Manfred Wieser
Fred Stillkrauth
Fritz Brenner
Also Directed by Julian Pölsler
KILLING STELLA is an ice-cold examination of a failed marriage and the self-reproach of a wife and mother. It is a prequel to THE WALL in both literary and cinematic terms.
It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform one man into a national sensation and iconic fairy-tale character. His name: Petrus Gonsalvus, more commonly known today as the hairy hero of Beauty and the Beast.
The film is based on the figure of the police inspector Simon Polt of the Austrian author Alfred Komarek.