''The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet'' (German: ''Die Käserei in der Vehfreude'') is a 1958 Swiss

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directed by

Franz Schnyder Franz Schnyder (5 March 1910 – 8 February 1993) was a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1941 and 1968. His film ''Der 10. Mai'' was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * '' ...

and starring

Annemarie Düringer Annemarie Düringer (26 November 1925 – 26 November 2014) was a Swiss actress. She was born in Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft. The daughter of a Swiss industrialist, she graduated from Cours Simon, Paris in 1946, and from the Max Reinhardt Semin ...

, Franz Matter and

Heinrich Gretler Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich. Selected filmography * '' The Mysterious Mirror'' (1928) * ''Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) * '' The Man ...

.Luhr p.542 It is an adaptation of the 1850 novel of the same title by

Jeremias Gotthelf Albert Bitzius (4 October 179722 October 1854) was a Swiss novelist; best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf. Biography Bitzius was born at Murten, where his father was pastor. The Bitzius family had once belonged to the Bernese patrici ...

. With its rural nineteenth century setting, it is part of the group of popular

heimatfilm ' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ''Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homela ...

made after the

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Partial cast

as Änneli * Franz Matter as Felix *

as Ammann *

Hedda Koppé Hedda may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Hedda Award, a Norwegian theatre award * ''Hedda Gabler'' (1890), a play by Henrik Ibsen * ''Hedda'' (film), 1975 film based on the play People with the given name * Hedda Østberg Amundsen (b ...

as Ammännin * Margrit Winter as Bethi *

Erwin Kohlund Erwin Kohlund (1915–1992) was a German actor. Filmography References External links * 1915 births 1992 deaths Actors from Dortmund German male film actors 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-stub ...

as Sepp * Ruedi Walter as Peterli * Margrit Rainer as Eisi * Max Haufler as Eglihannes *

Emil Hegetschweiler Emil Hegetschweiler (1887–1959) was a Swiss actor. Filmography Bibliography * Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Halbrook, Stephen P. ''The Swiss and the Nazis: How ...

as Pfarrer *

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as Käsefürst *

Christian Kohlund Christian Kohlund (born 17 August 1950 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss actor and director. Selected filmography * ''The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet'' (1958), as School boy * ''The Pedestrian'' (1973), as Erwin Gotz * ' (1975), as Oberfeld ...

as Schüler

References

Bibliography

* Luhr, William. ''World cinema since 1945''. Ungar, 1987.

External links

* 1958 films 1950s historical comedy films Swiss historical comedy films 1950s German-language films Films based on Swiss novels Films set in Switzerland Films set in the Alps Films set in the 19th century Films directed by Franz Schnyder Adaptations of works by Jeremias Gotthelf {{Switzerland-film-stub