The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas EiflerScreenplay
- Susanne BeckScreenplay
- Matthias WeberOriginal Music Composer
- Nikolaus LeytnerDirector
- Friedrich DürrenmattWriter
Cast
- Christiane HörbigerClaire Zachanassian / Klara Wäscher
- Michael MendlAlfred Ill
- Muriel BaumeisterMia Mohr
- Lisa KreuzerAngelika Ill
- Dietrich HollinderbäumerMayor Matthias Büsing
- Helmut BergerOliver Marx
- Hans von BorsodyPriest Gottfried Unseld
- Rolf HoppeGeorg Riemann
- André PohlAndreas Postel
- Wolfgang S. ZechmayerMarc Worth
- Dietrich MattauschPolice Officer Lutz Wolff
- Bernhard MajcenClaire's Assistant
Stills
Themes
remake