Das Menschlein Matthias

Das Menschlein Matthias — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 19, 1941
• Runtime
• 82 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Edmund Heuberger

Das Menschlein Matthias — Cast

Leopold Biberti André Oberholzer

P

Petra Marin Brigitte Böhi

R

Röbi Rapp Matthias Böhi

H

Hans Fehrmann Angehr Walburga Gmür Angeherin Ditta Oesch Marie

A

Arthur Leonhardt Konrad

F

Friedeli Sigg Marie