Das Menschlein Matthias

Das Menschlein Matthias (1941)

Drama

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.

Director: Edmund Heuberger
Writer: Stefan Markus

Casts

	Leopold Biberti as André Oberholzer
	Petra Marin as Brigitte Böhi
	Röbi Rapp as Matthias Böhi
	Hans Fehrmann as Angehr
	Walburga Gmür as Angeherin
	Ditta Oesch as Marie
	Arthur Leonhardt as Konrad
	Friedeli Sigg as Marie
	Sigfrit Steiner as Gemperle
	Hermann Gallinger as Stettler
	Marga Zöllner-Galli as Else
	Hedwig Elisabeth as Lise
	Ursula von Wiese as Aufseherin
	Jakob Guggi as Suter
	Kurt Brunner as Postheiri

Crew