After the mysterious murder of an old farmer, seven unlikely peasants find themselves the surprise inheritors of a share of the farm where they have worked for years. Once they have got rid of the brutal foreman and some very deep-rooted social inhibitions, life takes on new meaning for them as they band together against the envious outsiders who try to rob them of their rightful possession. "Western and Heimat films are about land that has to be defended and fought for. The Heimat film in which the land is already divided up, shows a static world in which the people rebel against a fate that overcomes them. In a Western there are heroes who show initiative, courage and determination to conquer their land - often with violence. Seen in this light The Inheritors is a Western - an Alpine Western." - Stefan Ruzowitzky