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lang is a 1958 Swiss-West German-Spanish thriller film directed by Ladislao Vajda. The original screenplay was written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, a Swiss playwright and novelist, and the first incarnation of the film is still acclaimed by critics.
Plot
Matthäi, a senior detective with the Zürich police, is about to take up a post in the Middle East when a call comes in that a peddler has found the body of a little girl in the woods. With the peddler he inspects the site and, when none of the other police volunteer, says he will tell the parents. Distraught, the mother asks him to swear that he will find the killer.
More details
| author | Friedrich Dürrenmatt Hans Jacoby |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Switzerland |
| director | Ladislao Vajda |
| events | serial killer |
| genre | crime drama thriller |
| keywords | buy case closed chur draw eat filling station glove puppet learn little girls middle east murder on the road tall man think unmarried zurich |
| musicBy | Bruno Canfora |
| producer | Artur Brauner |
| publisher | Deutsche Film Hansa |
| recordedAt | Berlin Switzerland |
| theme | serial killer |