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