Trailer

Der Verdingbub (2011)

Drama

Switzerland, 1955. The young orphan Max is sent as a foster child and contracted to work for the Bösiger family who lives on a farm. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.

Updated May 22 2020

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Runtime: 103 mins Rating: 7.6

Cast

Katja Riemann

Bösigerin

Stefan Kurt

Bösiger

Andreas Matti

Hasslinger

Hanspeter Müller

Mayor

Maximilian Simonischek

Jakob

Ursina Lardi

Mother Dürrer

Peter Wyssbrod

Doctor

Miriam Stein

Esther