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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. When the First World War breaks out, a hairdresser's assistant in neutral Switzerland is mobilised for border protection duty. Serving in the army, he grows from a boy into a man and develops a greater love for his country. The film was part of the intellectual spiritual defence of Switzerland during the era as the country maintained a neutral stance in the years leading up to the Second World War, which began a year after the film was released.
Original Release
06/05/1938
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Hubschmid | Reinhold Wipf |
Heinrich Gretler | Leu |
Robert Trösch | Meisterhans |
Zarli Carigiet | Schatzli |
Max Werner Lenz | Hungerbühler |
Karl Meier | Gmür |
Walter Bölsterli | Füsilier |
Paul Ruffy | Füsilier |
Sigfrit Steiner | Oberleutnant |
Arnold Müdespacher | Korporal Hotz |
Directors
Leopold Lindtberg, Hermann Haller
Writers
Leopold Lindtberg, Robert Faesi, Richard Schweizer
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paul Hubschmid | Reinhold Wipf |
Heinrich Gretler | Leu |
Robert Trösch | Meisterhans |
Zarli Carigiet | Schatzli |
Max Werner Lenz | Hungerbühler |
Karl Meier | Gmür |
Walter Bölsterli | Füsilier |
Paul Ruffy | Füsilier |
Sigfrit Steiner | Oberleutnant |
Arnold Müdespacher | Korporal Hotz |
Emil Hegetschweiler | Herr Wiederkehr - Coiffeur / Wiederkehr |
Fanny Kaegi | Frau Wiederkehr |
Elsie Attenhofer | Rosa Wiederkehr |
Lisa Della Casa | Vreneli |
Wolfgang Heinz | Kriegsgefangener |
Alfred Rasser | Notar |
Erwin Kalser | Herr Godax |
Friedrich Braun | Hasenfratz - Spiesser |
Emil Gerber | Hauptfeldweibel |
Willem Haardt |