A successful businessman whose destiny leads him to a secluded Swiss chalet where his life is put on trial by a group of retired law professionals. The men assemble to analyze Sordi's rise to power and his increasingly immoral behavior as he attained success, and the warped perceptions of right and wrong he has adopted to remain successful.
Acting
Sordi's sweaty desperation vs. Vanel's glacial menace
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness as torture
Production
Single location becomes increasingly suffocating
Director
Ettore Scola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Scola adapted this from a play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, explaining the theatrical single-location tension and Swiss setting.
Michel Simon's final film — the legendary French actor died shortly after, making his weary Attorney Zorn unintentionally valedictory.
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