Das Menschlein Matthias (1941)

• 60%
• 1941
• Drame
• Leopold Biberti
• Petra Marin
• Röbi Rapp

Matthias is the illegitimate son of a factory worker. He lives as à indentured child labourer at his dictatorial tante’s à distance guesthouse. The only thing he knows in life are hard work and hard poinçons. After a sudden death, the unhappy boy trouve the opportunity to make his way to his mother. En collaboration avec la SRF, Cinémathèque suisse, Memoriav and Praesens Film, ZFF once again presents a freshly restored version of a Swiss cinéma classique. This 1941 literary adaptation is almost forgotten jewel of Swiss film history that offers an impressive insight into Eastern Switzerland’s embroidery industry. Né en 1930, a later chapter of the actor Röbi Rapp’s life que portrayed dans the multi-award winning docufiction LE CERCLE.