Night of a 1000 Hours

When Philip takes over his family company, a single night spirals into a baffling and darkly comic ordeal. Strange occurrences begin when relatives thought dead seem to appear, and secrets that were kept in silence start to surface. As the hours pass, an illicit affair, a murder, and a sequence of false identities upend the household, forcing Philip to piece together why these events are happening and what his family has been hiding. The film keeps the atmosphere tense but often wry, moving between farce and mystery without revealing every secret too soon.

Directed by Virgil Widrich and released in 2016, the film stars Laurence Rupp as Philip, with Amira Casar, Elisabeth Rath, Johann Adam Oest, and Linde Prelog in supporting roles. It plays as a European-style mystery comedy, relying on theatrical performances and enclosed settings to build its mood.

Commercial box office details for the movie aren't widely reported, and it didn't register as a mainstream financial hit. The picture stayed mostly under the radar in terms of ticket sales, finding a limited audience rather than broad commercial success.

The film hasn't generated many widely quoted moments or mainstream pop culture references. Its blend of eccentric family melodrama and dark humor has kept it more of a curiosity for niche viewers and festival-goers than a source of iconic lines or viral scenes.

Critical and viewer response has been mixed to negative, reflected in a low average rating from a small number of voters. Reviewers tend to point to uneven pacing and tonal shifts that don't always land, while others appreciate the quirky performances and the way the story unravels family secrets and identity games. The movie focuses on inheritance, deception, and the pressure of legacy, using absurdity and mystery to probe how much of identity is made up of stories we tell about our relatives.