Max Werner Lenz Movies

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.

If any one man is responsible for the rejuvenation of the postwar Swiss film industry, that man was director Leopold Lindtberg. Matto Regiert (Madness Rules) was co-adapted for the screen by Lindtberg from a novel by Friedrich Glauser. Heinrich Gretler stars as Police Constable Studer, the hero of...

A sexologist gets involved with the lovely and love crazy young baroness of Gluecksburg. Originally hindered by an occupational accident, he recovers completely after a blood transfusion. Hilarious and sexy!

A biographical drama directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb.

The farmers of a village decide to postpone the construction of a new school in profit of a concentration to cheese production. From a novel by Jeremias Gotthelf.

Three bums get played by the devil.

A "milieustudie" about a girl going to the famous Cafe Odeon and trying to make ends meet.

Widowed baker Zürrer has to raise his three children, who all turn out to be disappointments to him in various ways.

The Shadows Grow Longer (German: Die Schatten werden länger) is a 1961 Swiss drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

Venice Film Festival 1940