A dead man walks into a valley and everything unravels. Gothic fever dream incoming.
Cinematography
Swiss Alps never looked this sinister and seductive.
Acting
Lucia Bosè commands every frame with terrifying presence.
Production
1970s European arthouse maximalism at its most unhinged.
Director
Daniel Schmid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Maria Schneider was fresh off Last Tango in Paris and reportedly found this shoot equally demanding.
Schmid, a Fassbinder associate, adapts Swiss author Maurice Zermatten's novel into pure decadent cinema—part Bergman, part Sade.
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