Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Majority (2021)

A remote village has not had a previous boom for years. Residents have either been forced to migrate or are in poverty and misery, but the village has a new guest. But the village has a new... ...

Der Tunnel (2017)

On his weekly train ride through Switzerland a student notices that the tunnel they are driving through is unusually long. The persistent darkness makes him increasingly apprehensive. His fellow passengers don't seem concerned. Even the conductor reassures ...

The Visit (2008)

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 news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her. ...

Visit of an Old Lady (2006)

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 bankrupt and in urgent need of money. Everybody hopes Clara will come to the rescue. And she will. However, ...

The Pledge (2001)

A police chief, about to retire, pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer. ...

It Happened in Broad Daylight (1997)

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 killer. When all the people suspect a roamer to be the killer he gets lynched and everybody thinks that the cri ...

The Cold Light of Day (1996)

A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer. ...

Justice (1993)

Senator Isaak Kohler shoots and kills Professor Winter in a crowded restaurant, while Winter is dining with the struggling idealistic young lawyer, Felix Spat. Kohler puts up no defense and is sentenced to twenty years. Kohler then gets his daughter Helene ...

Hyenas (1992)

A now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years earlier abandoned her and left her with his child. ...

Twilight (1990)

In the dense and murky woodlands of provincial Hungary, the search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession enshrouded by irresolution and despair, even long after he has been taken off the case. What emerges is ...

The Visit (1989)

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 news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her. ...

Achterloo IV (1989)

Physicists (1988)

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 long time in search of killers - he knows almost everything: who, when and how were killed, the killers - the ...

White Murder Night (1985)

A Businessman's car breaks down near the house Rahmi, who decides to host him until his car is repaired. Rahmi and his friends play a game about a mock trial of the businessman for a crime he may have committed unintentionally, and the game turns into a tr ...

The Deadly Game (1982)

Several criminal lawyers reunite every year in the Swiss mountains to entertain themselves with fake trials and murder mysteries. At one year's party, an unwitting American becomes part of the game. ...

A nagy Romulus (1982)

Sa'aoud Bila Domouo (1980)

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 marry, Juma is injured work injury, and loses his arm and work, Jaber refuses to compensate him, and orders ...

End of the Game (1978)

Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann. Though Baerlach's partner meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tscha ...

The Visit of the Old Lady (1976)

As a young woman, Klara left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as for the first time she returns. The town is nearly bankrupt and in urgent need of money. Everybody hopes Clara will come to the rescue. And she will. However, t ...

The Accident (1975)

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 necessary to pass the time somehow. Not far from the highway there is a house, and in it there are several old men ...

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972)

A successful businessman whose destiny leads him to a secluded Swiss chalet where his life is put on trial by a group of retired law professionals. The men assemble to analyze Sordi's rise to power and his increasingly immoral behavior as he attained succe ...

Commissioner Berlach's Last Case (1972)

The last months of Police Commissioner Berlach's life are devoted to tracking down the war criminal, Nazi doctor-examiner Emenberger. Hiding under a false identity, he continues to carry out cruel experiments on human beings even in peaceful days. ...

La visite de la vieille dame (1971)

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 the rescue but only if her old lover who had once abandoned her pregnant is killed. ...

Silence! The Court Is in Session (1971)

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 show up, a local stagehand is asked to replace him. An improvised, free-flowing 'rehearsal' is arranged an ...

A bíró és a hóhér (1968)

Hungarian TV movie based on the work of swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. ...

Frank V. - Die Oper einer Privatbank (1967)

Once a Greek (1966)

An extravagant comedy with Heinz Rühmann. ...

Die Physiker (1964)

The Visit (1964)

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big thing ...

Operazione Vega (1962)

In a dystopian future, two superpowers have shared the Earth, and both try to conquer the Solar System. The penal colony of Venus becomes the missile base of one of the two superpowers, but the deportees oppose the project. ...

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (1961)

Florestan Mississippi, a public prosecutor by profession, visits a lady named Anastasia and, while drinking coffee with her, convicts her of poisoning her husband. At the same time, he asks for her hand in marriage, as he too has killed his wife with poiso ...

Der Besuch der alten Dame (1959)

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 enough money to revitalize the town. ...

It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession. ...

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. ...

Die Panne (1957)

Dürrenmatt - A Love Story (2015)

This cinematic feature documentary honors the man, thinker, author, and painter Friedrich Dürrenmatt with an intimate memorial. ...

End of the Game (1978)

Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann. Though Baerlach's partner meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tscha ...