Assassination in Davos (1976)

Original title

Konfrontation

Directed by

Rolf Lyssy

Genre

historical film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1936, a Jewish medical student assassinates a Nazi leader in Switzerland. The film follows the events leading up to the killing and its aftermath.

tensehistoricalsomberdeliberateunderstatedmelancholicpolitical

What happens

Assassination in Davos (German: Konfrontation) is a 1974 Swiss thriller film directed by Rolf Lyssy and starring Peter Bollag, Gert Haucke and Marianne Kehlau. It is based on the assassination of the Swiss Nazi Wilhelm Gustloff by David Frankfurter in 1936. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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