Friedrich Dürrenmatt Movies

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

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

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...

The last months of Police Commissioner Berlach's life are devoted to tracking down the war criminal, Nazi doctor-examiner Emenberger. Hiding under a...

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...

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 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...

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...

Sci-fi film made for TV by Vittorio Cottafavi.

An enormously wealthy older woman returns to her former hometown with a dreadful bargain: she wants the townspeople to kill the man who got her...

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

A TV adaptation of a historical comedy from Dürrenmatt's early period, depicting in an ironic manner the final moments of the Roman Empire,...

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