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.
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Cast
25 people
Heinrich Gretler
Arnold Murer
Known for
It Happened in Broad Daylight
People on Sunday
Maria Schell
Meiti / Gretl
Known for
White Nights
Superman
Horst Budjuhn
Günther Stapenhorst
Alexander Krannhals
Adolf Manz
Gemeindeammann Hotz / Mayor Hotz
Also in
Sergeant Studer
Der letzte Postillon vom St. Gotthard
Otto Daetwyler
Harry Ringger
Gertrud Maria Müller
Frau Hotz / Mrs. Hotz
Also in
Das Gespensterhaus
Albert Jakob Welti
Fritz Butz
Willy Frey
Lehrer Kiburz / Teacher Kiburz
Also in
Little Friends
Matura-Reise
Sigfrit Steiner Director · Horst Budjuhn Writer Albert Jakob Welti Writer
First release January 1, 1942 · Produced in Switzerland
Production
Switzerland
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Switzerland · January 1, 1942
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
July 21, 1950
Germany
October 19, 1951
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