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The Boat Is Full (1981)
Directed by Markus Imhoof
Drama, History, War · 1h 41m
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family: the deserter as husband, Judith as his wife, an old man from Vienna as her father, his granddaughter and the French lad, whom they beg to keep silent, as their children. Judith's teenage brother poses as a soldier. The fabrication unravels through chance and the local constable's exact investigation. Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported?
Cast
Tina Engel
Judith Krueger
Hans Diehl
Hannes Krueger
Mathias Gnädinger
Franz Flueckiger
Curt Bois
Lazar Ostrowskij
Michael Gempart
Landjäger Bigler
Crew
- Director
- Markus Imhoof
- Screenplay
- Markus Imhoof
- Director of Photography
- Hans Liechti
- Editor
- Helena Gerber, Fee Liechti
Details
- Original title
- Das Boot ist voll
- Release date
- 1981-01-15
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German, French
- Countries
- Austria, Germany, Switzerland
- Production
- ORF, ZDF, Limbo Film AG, Schweizer Fernsehen (FS)