Mental Cruelty (1962)
On a summer morning, the opening of the trial in the Zurich District Court is scheduled for 8 a.m. The case of Marlene Faber and Nick Merk's divorce is being heard on the grounds of "mental cruelty." The couple is waiting outside the courtroom for their divorce and is reliving their marriage: from the honeymoon to the first quarrels and the end.
Director: Hannes Schmidhauser
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Gitty Djamal as Marlene Faber |
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Hannes Schmidhauser as Nick Merk |
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Erwin Strahl as Jo |
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Hans Grimm as Weibel |
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Ruth von Hagen as Edith |
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Hedda Ippen as Frau Faber |
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Jürg Coray as Herr Faber |
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Raffael Pusterla as Edy |
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Jörg Schneider as Mario |
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Georg Weiss as Ted |
| Directing | Hannes Schmidhauser | Director |
| Writing | Hannes Schmidhauser | Writer |
| Writing | Otto Ritter | Writer |
| Production | Hannes Schmidhauser | Producer |
| Production | Victor Staub | Co-Producer |
| Sound | George Gruntz | Music |
| Camera | Andreas Demmer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Otto Ritter | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Franziska Schuh | Editor |
| Art | Fritz Butz | Art Direction |