Max Haufler
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Max Haufler.
Born: June 4, 1910
Known For
The Devil May Well Laugh
Three bums get played by the devil.
The Trial
The surreal tale of an unassuming man who is accused of a never-specified crime and shambles through bizarre encounters to escape this nightmare.
It Happened in Broad Daylight
The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.
Hinter den sieben Gleisen
They live behind the rails of the classification yard in a small and shabby hut. They take the days as they come, refuse to work on principle and pinch together their livelihood. The three tramps Dürst, Barbarossa and Clown are content with what they have and ignore the outside world, and so far they have fared well. Until now...
Geld und Geist
The farmer Christen, his wife Änneli, their sons Resli and Christeli, and their daughter Annelisi live together harmoniously on the Liebiwyl farm. The harmony is disrupted when Christen allows himself to be persuaded by the deceitful village clerk to speculate with his ward's money. As a result, all the money is lost, and the defrauded farmer has to pay the community for the damage out of his own pocket. This angers Änneli, whose great willingness to help is thwarted by Christen, who is becoming increasingly stingy. One harsh word leads to another, and soon the couple is facing a shambles. The children also suffer from the unfriendly atmosphere at home. Only a visit to church on Pentecost and the corresponding sermon make reconciliation possible.
Steibruch
A man in his fifties returns from America to his native village. Everyone knows that in the New World he served a lengthy prison sentence for manslaughter. He retreats to an isolated quarry in the woods he inherited. There he lives like a hermit, gruffly disencouraging anyone to come near the place.
Town Without Pity
Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.
Morituri
A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
White Cradle Inn
This drama is set in Switzerland and chronicles a fight between an innkeeper and her husband, a chronic adulterer. The trouble begins when she wants to adopt a French orphan and he doesn't.
The Zürrer Bakery
Widowed baker Zürrer has to raise his three children, who all turn out to be disappointments to him in various ways.
Filmography
as Branner
as Dorngrütbauer
as Uncle Max
as Doctor Urban
as van Bosch
as Vehhansli, der Pfuscher
as Barbarossa
as Vehhansli, der Pfuscher
as Furrer
as Barbarossa
as Eglihannes
as Alois
as Der Dicke
as Erster Leibwächter
as Federico
as Karrer
as Hunziker, Oberheizer
as Weyrauch, Pfleger
as Frederick
as Näppi