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The Boat Is Full (1981)

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?

Release: 1981-01-15
Runtime: 101 min
Rating: 6 / 10
Cast
Tina Engel
Tina Engel
Judith Krueger
Hans Diehl
Hans Diehl
Hannes Krueger
Mathias Gnädinger
Mathias Gnädinger
Franz Flueckiger
Curt Bois
Curt Bois
Lazar Ostrowskij
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Martin Walz
Olaf Landau
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Ilse Bahrs
Mrs. Ostrowskij
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Gerd David
Karl Schneider
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Simone
Gitty
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Laurent
Maurice
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Renate Steiger
Anna Flueckinger
Michael Gempart
Michael Gempart
Landjäger Bigler
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Klaus Steiger
Reverend Hochdorfer
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Alice Bruengger
Frau Hochdorfer
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Otto Dornbierer
Otti
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Monika Koch
Rosemarie