''The Inventor'' (german: Der Erfinder) is a 1981 Swiss-German

comedy drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...

directed by

Kurt Gloor Kurt Gloor (8 November 1942 – 20 September 1997) was a Swiss film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed eleven films between 1967 and 1992. His 1976 film '' The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner'' was entered into the 26th Be ...

. It was entered into the

31st Berlin International Film Festival The 31st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1981. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Spanish film '' Deprisa, Deprisa'' directed by Carlos Saura. The retrospective was dedicated to British film producer Mic ...

Cast

* Bruno Ganz – Jakob Nüssli *

Walo Lüönd Walo Lüönd (born 13 April 1927 in Zug, died 17 June 2012 in Locarno) was a Switzerland, Swiss movie actor, best known for his role in the movie ''The Swissmakers'' (''Die Schweizermacher'') along with comedian Emil Steinberger (actor), Emil Ste ...

– Otti * Verena Peter – Martha Nüssli * Oliver Diggelmann – Seppli Nüssli * Klaus Knuth – Philipp Nüssli *

Thomas Ott Thomas Ott (born 10 June 1966) is a Swiss comic artist. His comics have been published in German-speaking countries, France, the United States, Spain, Denmark, Italy and other places. Ott's often wordless comics feature a dark, grim atmosphere; ...

– Kobi * Babett Arens – Lisbeth *

Inigo Gallo Inigo Gallo (2 November 1932 – 15 December 2000) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. Life and work Born in Zürich, Canton of ...

– Victor * Erwin Kohlund – Fabrikant (Facrory-owner) *

Klaus Steiger Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus *Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American basebal ...

– Arzt (Doktor) * Walter Ruch – Pfarrer (Reverend) * Mathias Gnädinger – Spekulant (Speculator) *

Ettore Cella Ettore Cella (12 September 1913 – 1 July 2004) was a Swiss actor and film director. He was naturalised as a Swiss citizen in 1930, as his parents had emigrated from Italy. He appeared in 25 films between 1941 and 2004. He starred in the 19 ...

– Patron

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* 1981 films 1981 comedy films 1981 drama films 1981 comedy-drama films Swiss comedy-drama films German comedy-drama films West German films 1980s German-language films Films directed by Kurt Gloor Films set in the 1910s Films set in Switzerland Tragicomedy films 1980s German films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub