
Broken Silence
1988-01-01 · 80 min · ★ 7.0
Fifty years after graduating from school, Senta von Meissen invites eight former school friends to a class reunion at her castle. The table is set for ten people. One place remains empty: Teddy, the hostess's former school sweetheart, died in an accident on her graduation trip to the Rhine Falls. But was it really an accident? The evening turns into a murderous act of revenge.
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- Directors
- Walter Deuber, Peter Stierlin
- Production companies
- Schweizer Fernsehen DRS, ORF, Südwestfunk, Condor Film
- Countries
- Switzerland, Austria, Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Anne-Marie BlancSenta von Meissen
Stephanie GlaserLisbeth Schneider
Lukas AmmannFritz Erne
Ursula AndressAgnes
Paul HubschmidRolf Zeller
Ruedi WalterJack Lutz
Inigo GalloPeter Engler
Mathias GnädingerEmil Brandenberger
Hannes SchmidhauserAlbert Ehrensperger
Peter W. StaubHeiner Amstutz
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