The Foster Boy
Der Verdingbub
Release: 2011-11-03
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 7.1
Drama
Switzerland, 1955. The young orphan Max is sent as a foster child and contracted to work for the Bösiger family who lives on a farm. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.
Production Countries
Germany
Switzerland
Production Companies
C-Films
ZDF
Bremedia Produktion
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Stefan Kurt
as Mr. Bösiger
Max Hubacher
as Max
Andreas Matti
as Hasslinger
Heidy Forster
as Grandmother
Ursina Lardi
as Mother Dürrer
Miriam Stein
as Esther
Christoph Gaugler
as Störmetzger
Martin Hug
as Hugo Wagner
Katja Riemann
as Mrs. Bösiger
Maximilian Simonischek
as Jakob
Peter Wyssbrod
as Doctor
Juan José Mosalini
as Max in 2011
Lisa Brand
as Berteli
Ernst C. Sigrist
as Policeman
Rebekka Burckhardt
as Teacher
Hanspeter Müller
as Mayor
