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Gessler, the Rütli Oath, the apple shot, the Hollow Lane: the deeds of Swiss national hero William Tell in his fight against tyranny and violence in 1291. Based on Friedrich Schiller's drama and Aegidius Tschudi's chronicle.
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Audiences 62GoodWatch 76
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 41 min
A typical length for adventure movies
typical 103101Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 9 more
Released
1960
December 16, 1960
66 years ago
Genres
AdventureHistoryLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Switzerland
and 7 more14 people
- Robert FreitagWilhelm Tell
- Alfred SchlageterWalter Fürst
- Maria BeckerGertrud Stauffacher
- Birke BruckBerta von Bruneck
- Heinz WoesterAttinghausen
- Hannes SchmidhauserArnold von Melchtal
- Leopold BibertiWerner Stauffacher
- GWGeorges WeissRudenz
- Zarli CarigietBaumgarten
- WRWolfgang RottsieperGessler
- HHHelen HesseBaumgartnerin
Paul BühlmannRudi
Inigo GalloFrieshart- KPKarl PistoriusWolfenschiessen
Directing · 1
- Michel Dickoff Director, Screenplay
Writing · 2
- Max Frisch Screenplay
- Friedrich Schiller Screenstory
Production · 1
- Josef R. Kaelin Producer
Camera · 1
- Hans Schneeberger Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Hermann Ludwig Editor
Sound · 2
- Hans Haug Music
- Werner Walter Sound
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