''Uli the Tenant'' (German: ''Uli, der Pächter'') is a 1955 Swiss
comedy drama film
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
directed by
Franz Schnyder
Franz Schnyder (5 March 1910 – 8 February 1993) was a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1941 and 1968. His film ''Der 10. Mai'' was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography
* '' ...
and starring
Liselotte Pulver
Liselotte Pulver (born 11 October 1929), sometimes credited as Lilo Pulver, is a Swiss actress. Pulver was one of the biggest stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, where she often was cast as a tomboy. She is well known for her hearty an ...
,
Hannes Schmidhauser
Hannes Schmidhauser (9 September 1926 – 29 January 2000) was a Swiss actor and footballer.
Football career
Born in Ticino, Schmidhauser began playing football with local side FC Locarno. He also was a competitive cyclist and worked as an actor.
...
and
Emil Hegetschweiler
Emil Hegetschweiler (1887–1959) was a Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
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Other uses
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.
[Goble p.996] Based on a classic 1849 novel by
Jeremias Gotthelf
Albert Bitzius (4 October 179722 October 1854) was a Swiss novelist; best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf.
Biography
Bitzius was born at Murten, where his father was pastor. The Bitzius family had once belonged to the Bernese patrici ...
, it was made as a sequel to the hit 1954 film ''
Uli the Farmhand''.
The film was shot at the
Rosenhof Studios
Rosenhof is a hamlet in Coulee Rural Municipality No. 136, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located on Range Rd. 123 4 km south of Highway 363, about 15 km south of Swift Current.
Demographics
In 2010, Rosenhof had a population ...
in
Zurich and
on location across Switzerland.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1955 films
1950s historical comedy-drama films
Swiss historical comedy-drama films
Swiss German-language films
Films directed by Franz Schnyder
Films based on Swiss novels
Films set in the 19th century
Films set in the Alps
Adaptations of works by Jeremias Gotthelf
Swiss black-and-white films
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