Uli the Farmhand (1954)

Name: Uli the Farmhand
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Released: 1954-10-19
Duration: 115 min
Cast: Hannes Schmidhauser, Emil Hegetschweiler, Liselotte Pulver, Heinrich Gretler, Hedda Koppé

The film traces Uli's progress from his humble peasant surroundings to the homes of the wealthy and prominent. The characterizations are convincing, and the comic interludes surprisingly subtle and believable for a Swiss film. The no-star cast doomed Uli Der Knecht from the start so far as American distribution was concerned. It was another matter in Switzerland, where the film was one of the year's top moneymakers. Uli der Knecht was based on a novel by Jeremias Gottbelf.

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Released 1954-10-19 · 115 min · Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed by Franz Schnyder

Part of Uli Filmreihe

Cast

Hannes Schmidhauser as Uli
Emil Hegetschweiler as Joggeli, Glunggenbauer
Liselotte Pulver as Vreneli
Heinrich Gretler as Johannes, Bodenbauer
Hedda Koppé as Glunggenbäuerin
Marianne Matti as Elisi
Erwin Kohlund as Johannes
Stephanie Glaser as Trinette
Alfred Rasser as Baumwollhändler
Linda Geiser as Uersi
Max Haufler as Karrer