The cult crime thriller with a tense atmosphere that brought fame to Michael Haneke. An Austrian family who has come to rest by a picturesque lake falls into the power of two cruel murderers, for whom death and suffering are just a way to avoid boredom.
Georg, Anna and their ten-year-old son are an exemplary family who come to rest in the Austrian outback. The heroes have chosen a truly beautiful place for their vacation - it seems that nothing can disturb this idyll. Everything suddenly changes when two teenagers in white gloves appear on the threshold of their house. Strangers introduce themselves as guests of neighbors, and a benevolent family lets them into their house, not suspecting that they are sophisticated maniacs.