Fusilier Wipf (1938)

Original title

Füsilier Wipf

Directed by

Leopold Lindtberg, Hermann Haller

Genre

drama film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

12

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A young hairdresser's assistant is drafted into the Swiss army during the First World War. Through his service, he grows into a more mature and responsible person.

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What happens

Fusilier Wipf (German: Füsilier Wipf) is a 1938 Swiss drama film directed by Hermann Haller and Leopold Lindtberg and starring Paul Hubschmid, Heinrich Gretler and Robert Trösch. Adapted from Robert Faesi’s 1917 novella, it follows a hairdresser’s assistant conscripted during the First World War who matures into a thoughtful and responsible person. The film was one of Praesens-Film’s Swiss German productions associated with Switzerland’s geistige Landesverteidigung. It drew 1.25 million admissions in Switzerland, making it one of the country’s most successful films of the period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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