Directed by: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala

Thursday, November 14 | 8-11 p.m. | Cruess Hall 1002

Screening followed by panel discussion and audience Q&A with directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, and historian Kathy Stuart, moderated by by historian Kyu Kim. Free and open to the public.

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are award-winning filmmakers. Their works include Goodnight Mommy (2014) and The Lodge (2019). Their latest film The Devil's Bath (2024) was awarded a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Austrian Film Prize. Austria’s Selection for the Academy Award for Best International Feature 2025.

Austria, 1750. Des Teufels Bad (The Devil’s Bath) follows the story of Agnes, a woman who commits a heinous act in order to escape a life circumscribed by repressive religious dogma. Based on the work of UC Davis historian Kathy Stuart, the film explores the intersection of crime, punishment and religion in 18th-century Europe.

Co-Sponsored by the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art; Cinema & Digital Media; Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies; German & Russian; Global Affairs; Medieval & Early Modern Studies; Religious Studies; Science & Technology Studies; and Sociology Departments. With generous support from the Lunn Family and the public.