Füsilier Wipf (1938)
1h 47m
Running Time
June 5, 1938Release Date
Plot.
A hairdresser is being recruited during World War I by the Swiss military where they turn this soft civilian into a 'real man'.
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Cast & Crew.

Paul Hubschmid
Reinhold Wipf

Heinrich Gretler
Leu

Emil Hegetschweiler
Wiederkehr

Alfred Rasser
Notar

Robert Trösch
Meisterhans

Zarli Carigiet
Schatzli

Schaggi Streuli
Metzger

Max Werner Lenz
Hungerbühler
Details.
Release DateJune 5, 1938
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 47m
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Wiki.
Fusilier Wipf (German: Füsilier Wipf) is a 1938 Swiss drama film directed by Hermann Haller and Leopold Lindtberg and starring Paul Hubschmid, Heinrich Gretler and Robert Trösch. When the First World War breaks out, a hairdresser's assistant in neutral Switzerland is mobilised for border protection duty. Serving in the army, he grows from a boy into a man and develops a greater love for his country. The film was part of the intellectual spiritual defence of Switzerland during the era as the country maintained a neutral stance in the years leading up to the Second World War, which began a year after the film was released.