---
title: 'The Inheritors (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stefan Ruzowitzky'
released: '1998-06-19'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-inheritors-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141824/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Inheritors (1998)

1998 · 95 min · Drama · Germany, Austria

Original title: Die Siebtelbauern

## Synopsis

The Inheritors is a 1998 Austrian-German film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. It stars Simon Schwarz and Sophie Rois and has won numerous awards. The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stefan Ruzowitzky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-ruzowitzky)
- **Screenplay:** [Stefan Ruzowitzky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-ruzowitzky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Erik Satie](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-satie)
- **Producer:** [Danny Krausz](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-krausz), [Kurt Stocker](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-stocker)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter von Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-von-haller)
- **Editor:** [Britta Nahler](https://cinepixo.com/people/britta-nahler)

## Cast

- [Elisabeth Orth](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-orth)
- [Simon Schwarz](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-schwarz)
- [Lars Rudolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-rudolph)
- [Tilo Prückner](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilo-pruckner)
- [Sophie Rois](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-rois)
- [Julia Gschnitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-gschnitzer)
- [Ulrich Wildgruber](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-wildgruber)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-inheritors-1998
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1216237); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.