Fusilier Wipf
Fusilier Wipf is a 1938 Swiss drama film directed by Hermann Haller and Leopold Lindtberg and starring Paul Hubschmid, Heinrich Gretler and Robert Trösch. Adapted from Robert Faesi’s 1917 novella, it follows a hairdresser’s assistant conscripted during the First World War who matures into a thoughtful and responsible person. The film was one of Praesens-Film’s Swiss German productions associated with Switzerland’s geistige Landesverteidigung. It drew 1.25 million admissions in Switzerland, making it one of the country’s most successful films of the period.
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Fusilier Wipf is a 1938 Swiss drama film directed by Hermann Haller and Leopold Lindtberg and starring Paul Hubschmid, Heinrich Gretler and Robert Trösch. Adapted from Robert Faesi’s 1917 novella, it follows a hairdresser’s assistant conscripted during the First World War who matures into a thoughtful and responsible person. The film was one of Praesens-Film’s Swiss German productions associated with Switzerland’s geistige Landesverteidigung. It drew 1.25 million admissions in Switzerland, making it one of the country’s most successful films of the period.
