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Kneuss (1978)

Kneuss poster
Directed by
Gaudenz Meili
Genre
crime
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a Swiss-German crime film from 1978 adapted from a novel. A detective investigates a murder case that takes him through cities in Switzerland and Italy. The story follows the clues and the detective's own inner reflections.

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What happens

Kneuss ist der Titel eines Spielfilmes nach dem gleichnamigen, 1970 publizierten Kriminalroman von Beat Brechbühl. Bei der schweizerisch-deutschen Koproduktion aus dem Jahr 1978 führte Gaudenz Meili Regie. Die Uraufführung erfolgte am 23. Oktober 1978 im Zürcher „Frosch-Kino“. Gedreht wurde in Zürich, Bern, Murten und Venedig. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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