Das Menschlein Matthias
movie
View on VideBits →Matthias is the illegitimate son of a factory worker. He lives as an indentured child labourer at his dictatorial aunt’s remote guesthouse. The only thing he knows in life are hard work and hard punches. After a sudden death, the unhappy boy finds the opportunity to make his way to his mother. In collaboration with SRF, Cinémathèque suisse, Memoriav and Praesens Film, ZFF once again presents a freshly restored version of a Swiss cinema classic. This 1941 literary adaptation is an almost forgotten jewel of Swiss film history that offers an impressive insight into Eastern Switzerland’s embroidery industry. Born in 1930, a later chapter of the main actor Röbi Rapp’s life was portrayed in the multi-award winning docufiction DER KREIS.
Cast & crew
Leopold Biberti · Stefan Markus · Paul Ilg · Röbi Rapp · Arthur Leonhardt · Hermann Gallinger · Petra Marin · Ditta Oesch · Sigfrit Steiner · Edmund Heuberger · Walburga Gmür · Hans Fehrmann · Friedeli Sigg