Marie-Louise (film)
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French film poster | |
| Directed by | Leopold Lindtberg Hermann Haller (uncredited) Franz Schnyder (uncredited) |
| Written by | Richard Schweizer |
| Produced by | Oscar Düby Lazar Wechsler |
| Starring | Josiane Hegg Heinrich Gretler Margrit Winter Anne-Marie Blanc Armin Schweizer Mathilde Danegger |
| Cinematography | Emil Berna |
| Edited by | Hermann Haller |
| Music by | Robert Blum |
Production company | Praesens-Film |
| Distributed by | Praesens-Film (Switzerland) Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (USA) |
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Running time | 103 minutes (Switzerland) 93 minutes (USA) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Languages | Swiss German French |
Marie-Louise is a 1944 Swiss German- and French-language film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and an uncredited Franz Schnyder. The film, written by Swiss screenwriter Richard Schweizer and distributed in the U.S. by Arthur Mayer and Joseph Burstyn, was the first foreign language film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
The film tells the story of a young girl in France in 1942, as the Zone libre disappears in the turmoil of the Second World War. Forced to leave her homeland and seek refuge in Switzerland, she embarks on a perilous journey.
Cast
- Josiane Hegg as Marie-Louise Fleury
- Heinrich Gretler as Direktor Rüegg / Director Rüegg
- Margrit Winter as Anna Rüegg
- Anne-Marie Blanc as Heidi Rüegg
- Armin Schweizer as Lehrer Bänninger / Teacher Bänninger
- Mathilde Danegger as Päuli
- Fred Tanner as Robert Scheibli
- Emil Gerber as Ernst Schwarzenbach
- Bernard Ammon as André
- Germaine Tournier as Frau Fleury / Mrs. Fleury
- Schaggi Streuli as Emil Kägi
External links
- Marie-Louise at IMDb