''William Tell'' (german: Wilhelm Tell) is a 1960 Swiss adventure film directed by

Michel Dickoff Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...

and

Karl Hartl Karl Hartl (10 May 1899 – 29 August 1978) was an Austrian film director. Life Born in Vienna, Hartl began his film career at the Austrian Sascha-Film company of Alexander Kolowrat and from 1919 was assistant to the Hungarian director Alexande ...

and starring

Robert Freitag Robert Peter Freytag (7 April 1916 in Vienna – 8 July 2010 in Munich), known professionally as Robert Freitag, was an Austrian-Swiss stage and screen actor and film director. Life Freitag was the son of the Swiss opera singer Otto Freitag (Ott ...

, Wolfgang Rottsieper and

Alfred Schlageter Alfred Schlageter (August 26, 1896 – September 21, 1981) was a Swiss actor. Selected filmography * ''The Divine Jetta'' (1937) * '' After the Storm'' (1948) * ''The Mountains Between Us'' (1956) * '' The Crimson Circle'' (1960) * ''William Tell ...

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William Tell William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albr ...

. The film was entered into the

2nd Moscow International Film Festival The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961. The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film ''The Naked Island'' directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film '' Clear Skies'' directed by Grigori Chukhrai. Jur ...

Cast

as Wilhelm Tell * Wolfgang Rottsieper as Gessler *

as Walter Fürst *

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. ...

as Arnold von Melchtal *

Leopold Biberti Leopold Biberti (1894–1969) was a Swiss actor. Born as French, he got the Swiss citizens rights in 1920. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biberti, Leopold 1894 births 1960 deaths French emigrants to Switzerland ...

Werner Stauffacher Werner Stauffacher was supposedly the name of the representative of the canton of Schwyz, one of the three founding cantons at the legendary Rütlischwur of 1291, as told by Aegidius Tschudi. Many members of the Stauffacher family held the offi ...

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as Gertrud Stauffacher *

Heinz Woester Heinz Woester (1901–1970) was a Swiss film and television actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as ...

as Attinghausen * Georges Weiss as Rudenz *

Birke Bruck Birke Bruck is a German film and television actress. Selected filmography * ''William Tell'' (1960) * ''Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert ''Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert'' (English title: ''Tip Not Included'') is a 1966 German thriller film ...

as Berta von Bruneck *

Zarli Carigiet Zarli Carigiet (5 August 1907 – 6 May 1981) was a Swiss actor and comedian. He was a member of the satirical Cabaret Cornichon and starred in movies by directors such as Leopold Lindtberg, Franz Schnyder, and Kurt Früh. He was the younge ...

as Baumgarten * Helen Hesse as Baumgartnerin *

Paul Bühlmann Paul Bühlmann (12 February 1927 – 15 July 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 ...

as Rudi *

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 ...

as Frieshart

References

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* 1960 films Swiss historical adventure films 1960s historical adventure films Films set in the 14th century Films based on works by Friedrich Schiller 1960s German-language films Cultural depictions of William Tell {{historic-film-stub