Friedrich Dürrenmatt Movies

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

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...

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

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...

In the dense and murky woodlands of provincial Hungary, the search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming...

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....

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

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...

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...

An extravagant comedy with Heinz Rühmann.

Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard...

On his weekly train ride through Switzerland a student notices that the tunnel they are driving through is unusually long. The persistent darkness...

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

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...

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...

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...