The Traitor
Landesverräter
Release: 2024-10-24
·Runtime: 116m
·★ 5.3
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
Switzerland
Germany
Production Companies
ARTE
Amalia Film
Contrast Film
Gretchenfilm
Letterbox Filmproduktion
SRG SSR
SRF
ZDF
Blue Entertainment
Cast
Luna Wedler
as Gerti Zanelli
Roger Bonjour
as Captain Keller
Robert Hunger-Bühler
as Richter Weng
Sina Martens
as Else Schmid
Pierre Siegenthaler
as Police Captain Seiler
Klaus Brömmelmeier
as Pfänder
Vilmar Bieri
as Arzt
Ernst C. Sigrist
as Egon Schrämli
Flurin Giger
as Johann Riebli
Rainer Wöss
as Consul Weyrauch
Fabian Hinrichs
as August Schmid
Dimitri Krebs
as Ernst Schrämli
Stefan Gubser
as Roman Graf
Christian Kaiser
as City Councilor Gerber
Matthias Britschgi
as Otto Schrämli
