Friedrich Dürrenmatt Movies

A TV adaptation of a historical comedy from Dürrenmatt's early period, depicting in an ironic manner the final moments of the Roman Empire,...

Florestan Mississippi, a public prosecutor by profession, visits a lady named Anastasia and, while drinking coffee with her, convicts her of...

In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with...

In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with...

A successful businessman's destiny leads him to a secluded Swiss chalet where his life is put on trial by a group of retired law professionals. The...

Senator Isaak Kohler shoots and kills Professor Winter in a crowded restaurant, while Winter is dining with the struggling idealistic young lawyer,...

A political and social satire on middle-class society's hypocrisy. A group of teachers plan to stage a play in a village. When a cast-member does not...

An enormously wealthy woman returns to her hometown with a dreadful bargain: She wants the townspeople to kill the man who jilted her in exchange for...

Several young girls were killed in a rural area. Thus Inspector Matthaei has to travel to the region where it happened and has to search for the...

Adaptation for TV of the play by Friedrich Durrenmatt. A very rich old lady arrives in her nearly bankrupt native village. She is ready to come to...

An extravagant comedy with Heinz Rühmann.

Mahmoud son of Jaber abandons the owner of one of the factories for Hind daughter of Juma the chief worker in the factory, after he promised her to...

As a young woman, Claire left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as for the first time she returns. The town is nearly...

A reputable employee of a large firm has his car break down on the road. A repair team has been called in, but it won't get there soon. It is...

The old and sick detective superintendent Bärlach has to investigate the murder of his colleague Ulrich Schmied, who was murdered in the middle...

Three murders are committed in a sanatorium under the poetic name "Cherry Orchard". But the police inspector does not have to break his head for a...

A private psychiatric clinic: three physicists are staying here. Two of them claim to be Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton, respectively. The third is...

Several criminal lawyers reunite every year in the Swiss mountains to entertain themselves with fake trials and murder mysteries. At one year's...