Via Mala (1961 film)
| Via Mala | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Paul May |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner |
| Written by |
John Knittel (novel) Kurt Heuser Paul May |
| Starring |
Gert Fröbe Joachim Hansen Christine Kaufmann Christian Wolff |
| Music by | Rolf A. Wilhelm |
| Cinematography | Richard Angst |
| Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
Release dates | 9 August 1961 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Via Mala is a 1961 West German drama film directed by Paul May and starring Gert Fröbe, Joachim Hansen and Christine Kaufmann.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1934 novel Via Mala by John Knittel, which had previously been made into a film in 1945. After a tyrannical father in a small Swiss village is killed, almost everyone he knows comes under suspicion of having murdered him.
Cast
- Gert Fröbe as Jonas Lauretz
- Joachim Hansen as Andreas von Richenau
- Christine Kaufmann as Sylvia Lauretz
- Christian Wolff as Niklas Lauretz
- Anita Höfer as Hanna Lauretz
- Edith Schultze-Westrum as Mutter Lauretz
- Joseph Offenbach as Knecht Jöry
- Anne-Marie Blanc as Frau von Richenau
- Rudolf Forster as Maler Matthias
- Paul Henckels as Dr.Gutknecht
- Heinrich Gretler as Amtmann Bonatsch
- Margrit Weiler as Kunigunde Meier
- Claus Wilcke as Henry Scherz
- Alexa von Porembsky as Wirtin Gumpers
- Werner Buttler as Gendarm Dieterli
References
- ↑ Reimer & Reimer p.118
Bibliography
- Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links
- Via Mala at the Internet Movie Database
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