Via Mala
In the mountains of Switzerland at the end of the Via Mala, Jonas Lauretz tyrannically rules his family. While he's enjoying himself in the city, spraying his family's hard-won pay, his daughter, son, wife and servant toil in the ...
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"West German literary film adaptation with Gert Fröbe and GOLDEN GLOBE winner Christine Kaufmann In 1961, Paul May (spoiled with success through "08/15" (1954) and "Und ewig singen die Wälder / And the Woods Sing Forever" (1959)) dared to make another film adaptation of John Knittel's successful novel of the same name. Artur Brauner took over the production with his CCC-Film. The film was shot at the original location in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Jonas Lauretz (Gert Fröbe) is a true monster: he humiliates his wife (Edith Schulze-Westrum), abuses his daughter Han..."
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In the mountains of Switzerland at the end of the Via Mala, Jonas Lauretz tyrannically rules his family. While he's enjoying himself in the city, spraying his family's hard-won pay, his daughter, son, wife and servant toil in the ...