Via Mala (TV series)
Via Mala is a 1985 television series, based on the 1934 novel Via Mala by John Knittel. It was made as a co-production between West Germany, France, Italy and Austria. The novel had previously been made into two films Via Mala (1945) and Via Mala (1961).[1]
Synopsis[]
Jonas Lauretz the owner of a sawmill in a village in Switzerland is a tyrannical person disliked by all his family and neighbours. When he is killed, almost everyone is suspected of murdering him before prime suspicion falls on his daughter.
Partial cast[]
- Mario Adorf as Jonas Lauretz
- Maruschka Detmers as Silvie Lauretz
- Milena Vukotic as Sophie Lauretz
- Dominique Pinon as Niklaus Lauretz
- Hans Christian Blech as Maler Lauters
- Juraj Kukura as Andreas von Richenau
- Sissy Höfferer as Hanna Lauretz
- Fritz Eckhardt as Kreispräsident Bonatsch
- Jean-Paul Comart as Georg Gumpers
- as Jöry Wagner
- as Klara
- as Frau Gumpers
- as Luise
- as Baronin von Richenau
- Georg Marischka as Dr. Gutknecht
- as Baron von Richenau
- Bruno Dallansky as Schmid
- as Wohl
- Hanno Pöschl as Wirt
- Bert Fortell as Lehmann
- Balthasar Burkhard as Zirreder
References[]
- ^ Goble p.264
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1985 Austrian television series debuts
- 1985 German television series debuts
- 1985 French television series debuts
- 1985 Italian television series debuts
- French crime drama television series
- Films based on works by John Knittel
- Films set in Switzerland
- Television series set in the 1930s
- 1980s Austrian television series
- 1980s French television series
- 1980s Italian television series
- 1980s German television miniseries
- 1980s French television miniseries
- Italian television miniseries
- Television shows based on Swiss novels
- German-language television shows
- ZDF original programming
- 1980s television miniseries
- German television show stubs