Helmut Qualtinger

An intellectually nonconformist monk investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey. (imdb)

While investigating a high-profile murder case, a savvy but unorthodox veteran police inspector has to cope with a bad conscience, bad health, an overzealous partner, a timid superior and interference from political interests. This is an existential whodunit, but a good one, and like any good whodunit, ends with a very surprising conclusion. (imdb)

A man comes to a small village to begin his new job as an attendant at the nearby castle. But everybody in the village claims that he surely must be mistaken, there is no need for an inspector in the castle. (imdb)

In Germany during World War II, a well-known psychic decides to collaborate with the Nazis. (imdb)

Two women jilted by their veterinary-assistant lover take excruciating revenge.

In Vienna, in 1930, a young woman falls in love with a gambler and leaves her fiancé, a common butcher. They become a couple and have a baby, but he gets bored and leaves them. Without means to support herself, her downfall begins.

Having collaborated with her husband Edgar to assassinate her senator father for his riches, Alice becomes suspicious that he is planning to kill her for sole access to the fortune.

An old man describes encounters with people, his childhood memories, whims, and offers thoughts and reflections on his current situation. (imdb)