Ellen Widmann

Toute la presse ne parle que de ça : le maniaque tueur d’enfants, qui terrorise la ville depuis quelques temps, vient de faire une nouvelle victime. Chargé de l’enquête, le commissaire Lohmann multiplie les rafles dans les bas-fonds. Gênée par toute cette agitation la pègre décide de retrouver elle-même le criminel : elle charge les mendiants et les clochards de surveiller chaque coin de rue…

Venice Film Festival 1940

Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern’s legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left him disfigured and gave his voice a peculiarl nasal tone, he devoted his entire life trying to get people to laugh with him instead of at him. Ultimately, his despairing at ever becoming accepted as a fellow man coupled with unrequited love made his life tragic, culminating in his suicide at age 54. His jokes are still well known today.

The trials of the wealthy Emmentaler farming family Jowäger, adapted from the 19th century novel of the same name by Jeremias Gotthelf (pen-name of Albert Bitzius), which was also published in two parts.

The further trials of the wealthy Emmentaler farming family Jowäger and their neighbors, adapted from the second volume of the 19th century novel by Jeremias Gotthelf (pen-name of Albert Bitzius).

Le boulanger Zürrer a trois enfants. Richard qui s'essaie dans les affaires, Trudi et Heini, qui veulent devenir sportif au lieu de reprendre la boulangerie. Il a aussi une amie Gina, fille d'un épicier italien.

In this Swiss film noir a private investigator stumbles onto a case involving blackmail and an oversexed, under-aged girl. He finds the girl, and, tragically, becomes involved with her.

L'inspecteur Studer sauve un prisonnier en détention préventive d'un suicide et se retrouve au milieu d'une histoire de village meurtrier, dans laquelle beaucoup de choses sont différentes de ce qu'elles semblent être. Dans le rôle de l'agent de police solitaire, Heinrich Gretler est devenu la vedette des premiers films suisses.

In exploring sex offenses, particularly against children, this film reveals the inner workings of the Zurich police and INTERPOL as they pursue persons accused of voyeurism, rape, fetishism, sadism, and masochism. After the criminals are arrested and given psychological tests, they may be sentenced to an institution or undergo brain surgery (with their consent) in order to be rehabilitated.

Josef Rainer is a road worker in a mountain village in Liechtenstein. His wife Marianne works as a waitress in a restaurant to improve the meager housekeeping money. Some people ask themselves why she has married that poor devil since she could have married into money. But she stays to the keen wood carver. He works out fantastic objects of tree roots, but villagers jeer at him. The family dreams to get a cow of their own to be more independent. One day Josef scrapes together all savings and goes to the cattle market. Due to lack of money, a clever farmer palms a skinny, sick cow off on him. The children Hansli and his friend Ludmila take the cow to their heart. Ludmila even lends her name to the animal. Some time later Josef falls from a mountain and is unable to work for a long time. So a decision is made that cow Ludmila which produces no milk has to be slaughtered.