Released:
1954-10-19

Overview:
The film traces Uli's progress from his humble peasant surroundings to the homes of the wealthy and prominent. The characterizations are convincing, and the comic interludes surprisingly subtle and believable for a Swiss film. The no-star cast doomed Uli Der Knecht from the start so far as American distribution was concerned. It was another matter in Switzerland, where the film was one of the year's top moneymakers. Uli der Knecht was based on a novel by Jeremias Gottbelf.

Director:
Franz Schnyder

Runtime:
1h 55min

Genre:
Drama, Romance, Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Hannes Schmidhauser
  as
  Uli
• 
  Emil Hegetschweiler
  as
  Joggeli, Glunggenbauer
• 
  Liselotte Pulver
  as
  Vreneli
• 
  Heinrich Gretler
  as
  Johannes, Bodenbauer
• 
  Hedda Koppé
  as
  Glunggenbäuerin