Das Menschlein Matthias

Release Date: 1941-03-19

Overview: 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.

Rating: 6 / 10

Cast

Leopold Biberti

as André Oberholzer

Petra Marin

as Brigitte Böhi

Röbi Rapp

as Matthias Böhi

Hans Fehrmann

as Angehr

Walburga Gmür

as Angeherin