Via Mala (TV series)

Via Mala is a 1985 television series, based on the 1934 novel Via Mala by John Knittel. It was made as a co-production between West Germany, France, Italy and Austria. The novel had previously been made into two films Via Mala (1945) and Via Mala (1961).

Synopsis

Jonas Lauretz the owner of a sawmill in a village in Switzerland is a tyrannical person disliked by all his family and neighbours. When he is killed, almost everyone is suspected of murdering him before prime suspicion falls on his daughter.

Partial cast

• Mario Adorf as Jonas Lauretz
• Maruschka Detmers as Silvie Lauretz
• Milena Vukotic as Sophie Lauretz
• Dominique Pinon as Niklaus Lauretz
• Hans Christian Blech as Maler Lauters
• Juraj Kukura as Andreas von Richenau
• Sissy Höfferer as Hanna Lauretz
• Fritz Eckhardt as Kreispräsident Bonatsch
• Jean-Paul Comart as Georg Gumpers
• Beppe Chierici as Jöry Wagner
• Jutta Maria Luser as Klara
• Ingrid Burkhard as Frau Gumpers
• Sylvie Granotier as Luise
• Eva Zilcher as Baronin von Richenau
• Georg Marischka as Dr. Gutknecht
• Robert Dietl as Baron von Richenau
• Bruno Dallansky as Schmid
• Siegfried Meisner as Wohl
• Hanno Pöschl as Wirt
• Bert Fortell as Lehmann
• Balthasar Burkhard as Zirreder

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Via Mala at IMDb