Das Boot ist voll

Das Boot ist voll (1981)

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?

Data lansării
1981-01-15
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (16)
Durată
1 h 41 min
Genuri
Dramă, Istoric, Război
Regizor
Markus Imhoof

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The Boat Is Full is a 1981 Swiss drama film written and directed by Markus Imhoof. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards as Switzerland’s submission and was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement.

Background and development

The film takes its title and theme from Alfred A. Häsler’s 1967 non-fiction book Das Boot ist voll, which examined Switzerland’s refugee policy during the Second World War. In 1980, Markus Imhoof used the book as the basis for a feature film. The title also echoes the phrase “Das Boot ist voll”, first used in the refugee context by Swiss justice minister Eduard von Steiger in a speech on 30 August 1942.

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