Genres
Production Companies
ZDF
Limbo Film AG
Schweizer Fernsehen (FS)
The Boat Is Full (Das Boot ist voll)
Overview
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?
Key Crew
Director: Markus Imhoof
Director of Photography: Hans Liechti
Screenplay: Markus Imhoof
Top Cast
Tina Engel
Judith Krueger
Hans Diehl
Hannes Krueger
Mathias Gnädinger
Franz Flueckiger
Curt Bois
Lazar Ostrowskij
Martin Walz
Olaf Landau
Ilse Bahrs
Mrs. Ostrowskij
Gerd David
Karl Schneider
Simone
Gitty
