About
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.
Director
Studio
ARTE, Amalia Film, Contrast Film, Gretchenfilm, Letterbox Filmproduktion, SRG SSR, SRF, ZDF, Blue Entertainment
Original Title
Landesverräter
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →F
Fabian Hinrichs
August Schmid
L
Luna Wedler
Gerti Zanelli
S
Stefan Gubser
Roman Graf
E
Ernst C. Sigrist
Egon Schrämli
R
Roger Bonjour
Captain Keller
F
Flurin Giger
Johann Riebli
R
Robert Hunger-Bühler
Richter Weng
S
Sina Martens
Else Schmid
P
Pierre Siegenthaler
Police Captain Seiler
S
Stéphane Maeder
Konrad Zanelli
R
Rainer Wöss
Consul Weyrauch
C
Christian Kaiser
City Councilor Gerber
C
Christoph Lanz
Councilor of States Favre
M
Matthias Britschgi
Otto Schrämli
K
Klaus Brömmelmeier
Pfänder
V
Vilmar Bieri
Arzt
