End of the Game | |
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Directed by | Maximilian Schell |
Screenplay by | Maximilian Schell Roberto de Leonardis |
Based on | The Judge and His Hangman 1950 novella by Friedrich Durrenmatt |
Produced by | Maximilian Schell Arlene Sellers |
Starring | Jon Voight Jacqueline Bisset Martin Ritt Robert Shaw |
Cinematography | Roberto Gerardi Ennio Guarnieri Klaus König |
Edited by | Dagmar Hirtz |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production companies | MFG-Film T.R.A.C. |
Distributed by | Constantin Film 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Countries | West Germany Italy |
Language | English |
End of the Game (German: Der Richter und sein Henker) is a 1975 DeLuxe Color German mystery thriller film directed by Maximilian Schell, and starring Jon Voight, Jacqueline Bisset, Martin Ritt and Robert Shaw. Co-written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, the film is an adaptation of his 1950 crime novella The Judge and His Hangman (German: Der Richter und sein Henker). Dürrenmatt also appears in the film, while Donald Sutherland plays the role of the corpse of Schmied.