11 April 2011

Der Fall

1972 • Director: Kurt Früh
Drama • Unrated • 102 minutes
Praesens-Film AG • Black and White 
Schweizerdeutsch (with German subtitles)
Starring Walo Lüönd, Annemarie Düringer


It's a Swiss detective story in film noir style with
a tip of the Alpine hat to German Expressionism.
A disgraced former police officer (Lüönd), now a private investigator, tries to find a lost promiscuous
girl (Katrin Buschor) even as his assistant (Düringer)
tries to keep him grounded.
Rating: B+