Assassination in Davos (German: Konfrontation) is a 1976 Swiss thriller film directed by Rolf Lyssy and starring Peter Bollag, Gert Haucke and Marianne Kehlau. It is based on the assassination of the Swiss Nazi Wilhelm Gustloff by a student in 1936. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Un asesino en serie encapuchado inventa una nueva forma de asesinar a sus víctimas: las azota hasta la muerte con un látigo. La policía intentará detenerlo antes de que cometa más asesinatos.
A poor family with 6 kids that live in a ramshackle hut are suddenly offered a nice flat for cheap - with the landlord hoping they'll drive away their new neighbors whom he wants out of his building.
En la prisión de Toulouse está a punto de ejecutarse una sentencia de muerte, pero la torpeza del verdugo, al dejar un clavo en la guillotina, salva la vida del reo. Once años más tarde, una ola de chantajes asola la ciudad de Londres: ciudadanos de buena posición económica reciben una carta de extorsión en la que aparece impreso un círculo rojo. Todos los que no ceden al chantaje o avisan a la policía son fríamente asesinados, y siempre, junto a cada víctima, se encuentra un trozo de papel con un círculo rojo impreso. El inspector Parr, de Scotland Yard, y un célebre detective privado, Derrick Yale, unen sus esfuerzos en la investigación policial. Los crímenes siguen, pero poco a poco, las sospechas se van concentrando en un número reducido de personajes.
The old and sick detective superintendent Bärlach has to investigate the murder of his colleague Ulrich Schmied, who was murdered in the middle of the country road.
Cheeky Jette is a typical Berlin girl. Together with her mother, she performs couplets in a Berlin suburb theatre every night. Then, a young Austrian baron, who is worshipping Jette, enables her to audition for Königstädtisches Theater. Although she at first fails with an aria from an opera, Jette wins over the hearts of the board members with her fresh style when she performs a cheeky couplet that was written by Barsch, the stage manager of the suburb theater.
