The Traitor
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Hoping to become a great singer in Germany, a young dreamer named Ernst Schrämli finds himself drawn into underhand dealings. Determined to escape a suffocating environment that annihilates any kind of creative or artistic impetus, Ernst sells information about the Swiss army to a Nazi spy by the name of August Schmid, who charms and manipulates him. When Ernst’s crime is uncovered, he is sentenced to death for espionage and treason, becoming the first Swiss citizen to be executed.
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21 people
Dimitri Krebs
Ernst Schrämli
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Fabian Hinrichs
August Schmid
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Luna Wedler
Gerti Zanelli
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Stefan Gubser
Roman Graf
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Ernst C. Sigrist
Egon Schrämli
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Jonathan Ferrari
Max Hofstätter
Roger Bonjour
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Periphery
Da unten im Himmel
Flurin Giger
Johann Riebli
Also in
The Girl and the Spider
Lina
Robert Hunger-Bühler
Richter Weng
Known for
Angst
The Saboteurs
Sina Martens
Else Schmid
Known for
Trunk - Locked In
From Hilde, with Love
Pierre Siegenthaler
Police Captain Seiler
Also in
Gotthard
Wilder
Stéphane Maeder
Konrad Zanelli
Also in
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Lina
Michael Krummenacher Director · Silvia Wolkan Writer Max Fey Editor
First release October 5, 2024 · Produced in Switzerland, Germany · Production Amalia Film, Contrast Film
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ARTE
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Amalia Film
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Contrast Film
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Gretchenfilm
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Letterbox Filmproduktion
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SRG SSR
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SRF
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ZDF
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Blue Entertainment
Production
Switzerland · Germany
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Original title
Landesverräter
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Switzerland · October 5, 2024
Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
Switzerland · October 24, 2024
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 3, 2026 · Theatrical
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