Das Menschlein Matthias
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Matthias is the illegitimate son of a factory worker. He lives as an indentured child labourer at his dictatorial aunt’s remote guesthouse. The only thing he knows in life are hard work and hard punches. After a sudden death, the unhappy boy finds the opportunity to make his way to his mother. In collaboration with SRF, Cinémathèque suisse, Memoriav and Praesens Film, ZFF once again presents a freshly restored version of a Swiss cinema classic. This 1941 literary adaptation is an almost forgotten jewel of Swiss film history that offers an impressive insight into Eastern Switzerland’s embroidery industry. Born in 1930, a later chapter of the main actor Röbi Rapp’s life was portrayed in the multi-award winning docufiction DER KREIS.
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Cast
22 people
Leopold Biberti
André Oberholzer
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Petra Marin
Brigitte Böhi
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Stefan Markus
Edmund Heuberger
Ernst Eschmann
Röbi Rapp
Matthias Böhi
Robert Blum
Hans Fehrmann
Angehr
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Georges C. Stilly
Paul Ilg
Walburga Gmür
Angeherin
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Feind im Blut
The Ghost of Allenwil
Ditta Oesch
Marie
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Gilberte de Courgenay
Edmund Heuberger Director · Stefan Markus Screenplay Paul Ilg Author
First release March 19, 1941 · Produced in Switzerland
Production
Gotthard Film
Production
Switzerland
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Switzerland · March 19, 1941
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