William Tell (1960)

Original title

Wilhelm Tell

Directed by

Michel Dickoff, Karl Hartl

Genre

drama film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

12

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Swiss folk hero named William Tell defies an oppressive ruler by shooting an apple off his son's head. The story follows his resistance and the uprising it sparks in his community.

heroicold-fashionedstatelyearnestadventurouspatrioticleisurelydramatic

What happens

William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell) is a 1960 Swiss adventure film directed by Michel Dickoff and Karl Hartl and starring Robert Freitag, Wolfgang Rottsieper and Alfred Schlageter. It is based on the traditional folk story of William Tell as told in the play William Tell by Friedrich Schiller. The film was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• William Tell (1923)
• William Tell (1934)
• Tell (2007)
• William Tell (1913)
• Sacred Waters (1960)
• Die Entstehung der Eidgenossenschaft (1924)
• Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (2010)
• Прекалено много Феникси (1959)