Alfred Schlageter

Assassination in Davos (1974)

On February 4, 1936, Wilhelm Gustloff, leader of the NSDAP, was shot dead in Davos. His assassin, 27-year-old David Frankfurter, wanted to use the action to highlight the persecution of the Jews. This docudrama describes with great precision the events lea ...

Pfarrer Iseli (1970)

Maria Kunz, a barmaid and hostess, is found strangled in her apartment on Helvetiastrasse. Gaudenz Moser is seen at the scene of the crime as he drives away on his motorcycle. He has an accident and is arrested. All the evidence points to him. His brother ...

Kraft des Gesetzes (1968)

Strangler of the Tower (1966)

Five people have stolen a priceless, legendary emerald from a religious temple. One of them is slain by an unknown killer. ...

The Sinister Monk (1965)

A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur. ...

Der Schmied seines Glücks (1965)

Der Gefangene der Botschaft (1964)

A group of Siberian farmers seek refuge in the American Embassy in Moscow because they are being persecuted in the Soviet Union due to their religious beliefs. For political reasons, the ambassador wants to send the people away, which comes to the attentio ...

Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste (1964)

A Roof Over Your Head (1962)

A poor family with 6 kids that live in a ramshackle hut are suddenly offered a nice flat for cheap - with the landlord hoping they'll drive away their new neighbors whom he wants out of his building. ...

William Tell (1960)

Gessler, the Rütli Oath, the apple shot, the Hollow Lane: the deeds of Swiss national hero William Tell in his fight against tyranny and violence in 1291. Based on Friedrich Schiller's drama and Aegidius Tschudi's chronicle. ...

The Red Circle (1960)

A strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious meaning? Tragically, it turns out to be something of a family curse, as each generation thereafter bears the same sign, which in turn leads to blackmail an ...

Café Odeon (1959)

A "milieustudie" about a girl going to the famous Cafe Odeon and trying to make ends meet. ...

Der Richter und sein Henker (1957)

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

The Mountains Between Us (1956)

After the death of his parents, Beat Matter grows up with the Escher family. Their son Dominik is his best friend. As a young man, Beat enlists for two years of service with the Papal Swiss Guard in Rome. Shortly before starting his service, he meets Domin ...

Die göttliche Jette (1937)

Cheeky Jette is a typical Berlin girl. Together with her mother, she performs couplets in a Berlin suburb theatre every night. Then, a young Austrian baron, who is worshipping Jette, enables her to audition for Königstädtisches Theater. Although she at f ...

Hermine and the Seven Upright Men (1935)

Seven men in peaceful Switzerland swear lifelong friendship while the rest of the world is at strife. A conflict arises when the daughter of one falls in love with the son of another. ...