Der Besuch

BR Deutschland Frankreich Italien 1963/1964 Spielfilm

The Visit


Millionaire Karla Zachanassian returns to her home town that suffers from nearly empty public funds. She wants to take cruel revenge on her one-time seducer Serge Miller and holds out the prospect of a large donation to the town′s residents when they agree to kill Serge. But in contrast to Friedrich Dürrenmatt′s black-humoured tragicomedy, Karla saves her former lover from the execution in the last moment. Bernhard Wicki had to append a happy ending to the star-studded Hollywood adaptation of the story, thus putting his amicable relationship to Dürrenmatt to an acid test.

 

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Shoot

    • 09.09.1963 - 17.12.1963: Ponte Galeria, Capranica (bei Rom)
Duration:
120 min
Format:
35mm, 1:2,15
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (FR): 06.05.1964, Cannes, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 17.09.1964, Berlin, Filmbühne Wien;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 09.08.1973, ARD

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (IT) La vedetta della signora
  • Originaltitel (FR) La rancune
  • Originaltitel (DE) Der Besuch
  • Arbeitstitel La visite
  • Arbeitstitel La visite de la vieille dame
  • Arbeitstitel Karla

Versions

Original

Duration:
120 min
Format:
35mm, 1:2,15
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (FR): 06.05.1964, Cannes, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 17.09.1964, Berlin, Filmbühne Wien;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 09.08.1973, ARD

Prüffassung

Duration:
2744 m, 100 min
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 08.09.1964, 32709, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei