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William Tell (1987)

Directed by Daniel Schmid

TV Movie, Music · 2h 58m

“Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have merely forgotten it.” (Daniel Schmid) This is the material from which the most Swiss of all operas is made: the legendary Wilhelm Tell – a Swiss hero: straightforward, a primus inter pares of the indomitable freedom fighters, a good shot, surefire. A myth that becomes a poetic playground: nature in turmoil, the struggle for freedom and forbidden love. A legendary overture at a gallop with an iconic post horn motif – all this and much more in the thirty-seventh and last opera by Rossini.

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Cast

Antonio Salvadori Guglielmo Tell Salvatore Fisichella Arnoldo Alfredo Zanazzo Gualtiero Farst Jacob Will Melchthal Margaret Chalker Jemmy
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Nadine Asher Edwige Thomas Dewald Un pescatore Howard Nelson Leutoldo Alfred Muff Gessler Maria Chiara Matilde Peter Straka Rodolfo
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Peter Stern Un cacciatore

Crew

Director
Daniel Schmid
Writer
Hippolyte Bis, Étienne de Jouy
Novel
Friedrich Schiller

Details

Original title
Guglielmo Tell
Release date
1987-09-06
Runtime
2h 58m
Genres
TV Movie, Music
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
German, French, Italian
Countries
Switzerland
Production
Opernhaus Zürich, Condor Films, SRF