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
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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