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The Boat Is Full (1981)

★ 6.1/10 101 min Drama, History, War Austria, Germany, Switzerland German
Director: Markus Imhoof
Book: Alfred A. Haesler
Screenplay by: Markus Imhoof
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Description

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?

Top 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
Martin Walz Olaf Landau
Ilse Bahrs Mrs. Ostrowskij
Gerd David Karl Schneider
Simone Gitty

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