Via Mala (1961)
- Directed by
- Paul May
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A tyrannical father is murdered in a small Swiss village, causing almost everyone who knew him to fall under suspicion. The film follows the investigation of his death.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Der Fremde (1961)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.