The Traitor

Oct 23, 2024

1h 56m

★ 5.3

Overview

Hoping to become a great singer in Germany, a young dreamer named Ernst Schrämli finds himself drawn into underhand dealings. Determined to escape a suffocating environment that annihilates any kind of creative or artistic impetus, Ernst sells information about the Swiss army to a Nazi spy by the name of August Schmid, who charms and manipulates him. When Ernst’s crime is uncovered, he is sentenced to death for espionage and treason, becoming the first Swiss citizen to be executed.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

ARTE

Amalia Film

Contrast Film

Gretchenfilm

Letterbox Filmproduktion

SRG SSR

SRF

ZDF

Blue Entertainment

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Cast

Ernst Schrämli

Dimitri Krebs

August Schmid

Fabian Hinrichs

Gerti Zanelli

Luna Wedler

Roman Graf

Stefan Gubser

Egon Schrämli

Ernst C. Sigrist

Max Hofstätter

Jonathan Ferrari

Captain Keller

Roger Bonjour

Johann Riebli

Flurin Giger

Richter Weng

Robert Hunger-Bühler

Else Schmid

Sina Martens

Police Captain Seiler

Pierre Siegenthaler

Konrad Zanelli

Stéphane Mäder

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