Casts & Crew
Erwin Steinhauer
Simon Polt
Monica Bleibtreu
Aloisia Habesam
Klaus Ofczarek
Harald Mank
Otto Anton Eder
Bruno Bartl
Fritz Egger
Ernst Höllenbauer
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Friedrich Kurzbacher
Hans Clarin
Karl Brunner
Gerhard Dorfer
Dr. Eichhorn
Karin Kienzer
Karin Walter
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.