Heinrich Gretler Movies

Heidi, a young orphan girl living with her aunt in Frankfurt, is forced to move to the Swiss Alps to live with her ornery grandfather. At first, he...

Short documentary about civil life.

After the death of his parents, Beat Matter grows up with the Escher family. Their son Dominik is his best friend. As a young man, Beat enlists for...

Dr. Stefan Donat, a doctor from Frankfurt, unexpectedly becomes the sole heir to his wife Agnes' estate after she dies of a terminal illness, even...

A hairdresser is being recruited during World War I by the Swiss military where they turn this soft civilian into a 'real man'.

The titular Marie-Louise is a young French lass who is evacuated to Switzerland when her country is overrun by the Nazis. Suffering a nervous...

Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.

A man in his fifties returns from America to his native village. Everyone knows that in the New World he served a lengthy prison sentence for...

The trials of the wealthy Emmentaler farming family Jowäger, adapted from the 19th century novel of the same name by Jeremias Gotthelf (pen-name...

Matthias Scheichelroither is a poor but always cheerful, or rather, jolly farmer. He has grand plans for his son Heini, nicknamed "Heinerle": He...

The farmers of a village decide to postpone the construction of a new school in profit of a concentration to cheese production. From a novel by...

Dr. Felsner goes on a business trip to Switzerland to flirt with the dashing Gerti. But his clever wife Edith is on guard.

Markus Paltram returns to his home village after ten years. There, he is shunned because his father is believed to be a murderer. Markus falls in...

The women of a Swiss community finally want to achieve equal rights. At the top of the uproar is the midwife Spyri, who does not want to be married...