Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Katja Riemann | ... | Bösigerin | |
Stefan Kurt | ... | Bösiger | |
Maximilian Simonischek | ... | Jakob (as Max Simonischek) | |
Max Hubacher | ... | Max | |
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Lisa Brand | ... | Berteli |
Miriam Stein | ... | Esther | |
Andreas Matti | ... | Hasslinger | |
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Heidy Forster | ... | Grossmutter |
Ursina Lardi | ... | Mutter Dürrer | |
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Ernst C. Sigrist | ... | Polizist |
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Christoph Gaugler | ... | Störmetzger |
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Peter Wyssbrod | ... | Arzt |
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Hanspeter Müller | ... | Gemeindepräsident |
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Martin Hug | ... | Hugo Wagner |
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Rebekka Burckhardt | ... | Erzieherin |
The illegitimate orphan child, 12-year-old Max, is sold by the local minister for a basket of food to the Bösiger family, who own a mountain farm. Max' initial hope of finally finding a loving home is brutally shattered: The farmer and his wife treat Max like livestock, and their son Jacob humiliates and abuses him. Only the local teacher notices the child suffering on the farm. Written by OJT
I know a bit of German but at one point I was wondering what language it was until I discovered it was Swiss German that is a little bit different. Probably the first movie I saw in this language and it's certainly not a bad one. It's a drama, not my favorite genre, but a interesting to watch drama, with good actors and a good, sometimes hard to watch story. Hard to watch, not as in bloody, but as in mental abuse and corporal punishment towards kids. Seeing those scenes make you realize kids from now are just so spoiled compared to certain kids in that time. Because even if it is a movie, life was that hard in most of the families in that time. The acting is excellent, with actors I never heared of. The filming and the story were much better than I expected it to be. A good drama in a foreign language.