The Boat Is Full

01/15/1981

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1hr 41min

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Drama

,History

,War

STORY

During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family: the deserter as husband, Judith as his wife, an old man from Vienna as her father, his granddaughter and the French lad, whom they beg to keep silent, as their children. Judith's teenage brother poses as a soldier. The fabrication unravels through chance and the local constable's exact investigation. Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported?

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tina Engel
  • Hans Diehl
  • Mathias Gnädinger
  • Curt Bois
  • Martin Walz

    Directors

  • Markus Imhoof
  • Hans Liechti
  • Franziska Frischkna

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • ORF
  • ZDF
  • Limbo Film AG
  • Schweizer Fernsehen (FS)

    Production Countries

  • Austria
  • Germany
  • Switzerland

LANGUAGES

  • German