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Das Boot ist voll

The Boat is Full
La barque est pleine

Switzerland, 1981
FILM, Fiction, 104 min.

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directed by
Markus Imhoof
Written by
Markus Imhoof
Status
In distribution

A group of refugees who have been thrown together by chance managed to secretly cross the border into Switzerland during the last war. None of them knew that this refuge was deceptive, since refugees “only for racial reasons” had no right to asylum and the borders had been closed to foreigners for some time. Halfheartedly accepted by Swiss citizens and half betrayed, the refugees are prepared to give themselves up in order to save their skins. They join together to form a grotesque family in order to fulfill the requirements of the Immigration Office for exceptions to the rules. The act lasts only for a short, deceptive period before the homeland reasserts itself and the homeless pay with their lives. At the time of the action, I was one year old. I never heard anything about it at school – only the contrary.

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World Premiere
1981
Original Version
Swiss-German, German,  colour, 35mm, 104 min.
Production
Limbo Film AG
Producer
directed by
Markus Imhoof
Written by
Markus Imhoof
Cinemato­graphy
Hans Liechti
Production Design
Max Stubenrauch

Cast

Curt Bois
Renate Steiger
Mathias Gnädinger
Martin Walz

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