The Boat Is Full
1981During 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?
Acted in
Tina Engel
as Judith Krueger
Hans Diehl
as Hannes Krueger
Mathias Gnädinger
as Franz Flueckiger
Curt Bois
as Lazar Ostrowskij
Martin Walz
as Olaf Landau
Ilse Bahrs
as Mrs. Ostrowskij
Gerd David
as Karl Schneider
Simone
as Gitty
Laurent
as Maurice
Renate Steiger
as Anna Flueckinger
Michael Gempart
as Landjäger Bigler
Klaus Steiger
as Reverend Hochdorfer
Alice Bruengger
as Frau Hochdorfer
Otto Dornbierer
as Otti
Monika Koch
as Rosemarie