Erwin Kohlund
1915 - 1992Mirakel
Leopold Huber
Dietmar Schönherr, Astrid Keller
Andreas, who is ten, has been brought up by his grandmother. When she dies, he removes a putto from the crucifix placed upon her, puts it in his mouth and does not speak again. The attempts by adults to make a normal child out of him only cause him to flee deeper into his fantasy world - a village of snow. At its center is a snowman with whom Andreas converses.
Mirakel
Dällebach Kari
Kurt Früh
Walo Lüönd, Lukas Ammann
Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern’s legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left him disfigured and gave his voice a peculiarl nasal tone, he devoted his entire life trying to get people to laugh with him instead of at him. Ultimately, his despairing at ever becoming accepted as a fellow man coupled with unrequited love made his life tragic, culminating in his suicide at age 54. His jokes are still well known today.
Dällebach Kari
Der Erfinder
Kurt Gloor
Bruno Ganz, Walo Lüönd
In this interesting World War I drama, Bruno Ganz gives a compelling performance as Jakob, an obsessive inventor who lives in a Swiss village. He receives unconditional support from his friend Otti (Walo Luond), but that is about all; the other villagers do not tolerate Jakob's eccentricities very well, and regard him as a crackpot. He perserveres in spite of this obstacle and finally invents a viable carriage that does not run on wheels but on a tread. Unfortunately for Jakob, the military have already come up with the same invention: the tank. The discovery finally breaks him, and he is quickly shuttled off to an asylum.
The Inventor
Die Konsequenz
Wolfgang Petersen
Jürgen Prochnow, Ernst Hannawald
Thomas is the son of a prison warden. He falls for and seduces Martin, who is older and one of the prison inmates. After Martin is released, they try to build a relationship and a life together but, no one will leave them alone.
The Consequence
Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe
Valerien Schmidely, Hans Trommer
Dorli Zäch, Margrit Winter
A few leagues from Seldwyla, in the Zurich countryside, two children, Sali Mantz and Vreneli Marti, form an inseparable pair of playmates. Unfortunately, their farming parents, who have always been friends, are at odds with each other over the purchase of an adjoining field.Sali and Vreneli don't see each other again until much later and fall in love, but their parents still hate each other fiercely. Despite everything, the young couple will try to live their forbidden love.
Romeo and Julia in the Village
Gilberte de Courgenay
Franz Schnyder
Erwin Kohlund, Anne-Marie Blanc
Gilberte Montavon was a legend in her own lifetime. As a young woman, she was confidante to hundreds of thousands of Swiss-German speaking soldiers during the First World War, and remembered most of their names. She was still a teenager when the war began, and was immortalised by a song written during the war years by the Swiss-German bard and lute player, Hans Inn der Gand.
Gilberte de Courgenay
Anne Bäbi Jowäger - Teil 2: Jakobli und Meyeli
Franz Schnyder
Margrit Winter, Ruedi Walter
The further trials of the wealthy Emmentaler farming family Jowäger and their neighbors, adapted from the second volume of the 19th century novel by Jeremias Gotthelf (pen-name of Albert Bitzius).
Anne Bäbi Jowager, Part 2 - Jakobli and Meyeli
Anne Bäbi Jowäger - Teil 1: Wie Jakobli zu einer Frau kommt
Franz Schnyder
Margrit Winter, Ruedi Walter
The trials of the wealthy Emmentaler farming family Jowäger, adapted from the 19th century novel of the same name by Jeremias Gotthelf (pen-name of Albert Bitzius), which was also published in two parts.
Anne Bäbi Jowäger I. Part - How Jakobli comes to a woman
Uli der Knecht
Franz Schnyder
Hannes Schmidhauser, Emil Hegetschweiler
The film traces Uli's progress from his humble peasant surroundings to the homes of the wealthy and prominent. The characterizations are convincing, and the comic interludes surprisingly subtle and believable for a Swiss film. The no-star cast doomed Uli Der Knecht from the start so far as American distribution was concerned. It was another matter in Switzerland, where the film was one of the year's top moneymakers. Uli der Knecht was based on a novel by Jeremias Gottbelf.
Uli der Knecht
Uli der Pächter
Franz Schnyder
Liselotte Pulver, Hannes Schmidhauser
Uli has been the tenant of the "Glunggen-farm" for two years. His wife Vreneli gave him two children and the couple is happy. But this year, the harvest looks bad and his landlord calls in the rent, as the old man urgently needs money to satisfy the demands of his son and stepson. Desperate to make ends meet, Uli fraudulently sells a cow knowing that she does not produce any milk. He is pursued in court but is acquitted. But then, the buyer curses him... and disaster promptly strikes.
Uli the Tenant
