The Traitor
Hoping to become a great singer in Germany, a young dreamer named Ernst Schrämli finds himself drawn into underhand dealings. Determined to escape a suffocating environment that annihilates any kind of creative or artistic impetus, Ernst sells information about the Swiss army to a Nazi spy by the name of August Schmid, who charms and manipulates him. When Ernst’s crime is uncovered, he is sentenced to death for espionage and treason, becoming the first Swiss citizen to be executed.
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Hoping to become a great singer in Germany, a young dreamer named Ernst Schrämli finds himself drawn into underhand dealings. Determined to escape a suffocating environment that annihilates any kind of creative or artistic impetus, Ernst sells information about the Swiss army to a Nazi spy by the name of August Schmid, who charms and manipulates him. When Ernst’s crime is uncovered, he is sentenced to death for espionage and treason, becoming the first Swiss citizen to be executed.
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Genre:Drama, History
Written By:Michael Krummenacher, Silvia Wolkan
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Runtime:116 minutes
Studio:ARTE, Amalia Film, Contrast Film, Gretchenfilm, Letterbox Filmproduktion, SRG SSR, SRF, ZDF, Blue Entertainment
Cast
Michael Krummenacher
Director
Dimitri Krebs
Ernst Schrämli
Fabian Hinrichs
August Schmid
Luna Wedler
Gerti Zanelli
Stefan Gubser
Roman Graf
Ernst C. Sigrist
Egon Schrämli
Jonathan Ferrari
Max Hofstätter
Roger Bonjour
Captain Keller
Flurin Giger
Johann Riebli
Robert Hunger-Bühler
Richter Weng
Sina Martens
Else Schmid
Pierre Siegenthaler
Police Captain Seiler
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