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Via Mala is a 1961 West German drama film directed by Paul May and starring Gert Fröbe, Joachim Hansen and Christine Kaufmann. 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.
Original Release
08/09/1961
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gert Frobe | Jonas Lauretz |
Joachim Hansen | Andreas von Richenau |
Christine Kaufmann | Sylvia Lauretz |
Christian Wolff | Niklas Lauretz |
Anita Höfer | Hanna Lauretz |
Edith Schultze-Westrum | Mutter Lauretz / Mutter Martha Lauretz |
Joseph Offenbach | Knecht Jöry |
Anne-Marie Blanc | Frau von Richenau |
Rudolf Forster | Maler Matthias / Maler Prof. Ferdinand Matthias |
Paul Henckels | Präsident Dr. Gutknecht / Dr. Gutknecht |
Directors
Writers
Paul May, John Knittel, Kurt Heuser
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gert Frobe | Jonas Lauretz |
Joachim Hansen | Andreas von Richenau |
Christine Kaufmann | Sylvia Lauretz |
Christian Wolff | Niklas Lauretz |
Anita Höfer | Hanna Lauretz |
Edith Schultze-Westrum | Mutter Lauretz / Mutter Martha Lauretz |
Joseph Offenbach | Knecht Jöry |
Anne-Marie Blanc | Frau von Richenau |
Rudolf Forster | Maler Matthias / Maler Prof. Ferdinand Matthias |
Paul Henckels | Präsident Dr. Gutknecht / Dr. Gutknecht |
Heinrich Gretler | Amtmann Bonatsch |
Margrit Weiler | Kunigunde Meier |
Claus Wilcke | Henry Scherz |
Alexa von Porembsky | Wirtin Gumpers |
Werner Buttler | Gendarm Dieterli |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Artur Brauner | Producer |