Tell (2007)

Regisseur:

Mike Eschmann

Drehbuchautor:

Jürgen Ladenburger (writer)

Premierendatum:

22. November 2007 (Deutschland)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

William Tell, the number one "Swiss" hero is about to rock the screens. In reality, he's an Austrian dreaming of the Swiss passport. When noblemen send him on a mission to free the country from the invidious Habsburgs a once-only chance opens to him...

Plot:

William Tell, the number one "Swiss" hero is about to rock the screens. In reality, he's an Austrian dreaming of the Swiss passport...

Plot Keywords:

Man In Drag | Male Bonding | Feast | Fiancé Fiancée Relationship | Folk Hero

Nutzerkommentare:

Nice try, but you wouldn't want to see it twice

Besetzung

Mike Müller	...	Wilhelm Tell
Axel Stein	...	Val-Tah
Christian Tramitz	...	Rudolf der Harras
Ellenie Salvo González	...	Sissy
Udo Kier	...	Hermann Gessler
Michael Kessler	...	Friedrich Schiller
Lea Hadorn	...	Heidi
Max Rüdlinger	...	Walter Fürst
Erich Vock	...	Konrad Baumgarten
Albert Tanner	...	Werner Stauffacher
Gardi Hutter	...	Helvetia
Esther Gemsch	...	Elsbeth
Herbert Leiser	...	Stüssi
Kristina Walter	...	Theresia
Charly Hübner	...	Kurti

Länge:

Germany:96 Min

Produktionsland:

Switzerland | Deutschland

Sprache:

Swiss German | Deutsch

Farbe:

Farbe

Altersfreigabe:

Germany:6

Drehorte:

Interlaken, Kanton Bern, Switzerland

Firma:

Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI)

Nice try, but you wouldn't want to see it twice

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Comedies about a nation's hero always risk to be a tricky business, and the Swiss still tend to be a bit touchy about William Tell. The fact that there has been no public controversy about this film is unfortunately less due to historical insight by viewers than to the inability of its creators to tap into the satirical potential of the story. The Tell of this movie is an Austrian lured by the promise of a Swiss passport, i. e. citizenship, to sabotage the building of an Austrian castle. Anachronisms like the German poet Schiller (author of the play "Wilhelm Tell") as a tourist and characters from the Heidi-stories are mixed into this without adding to the plot. Some crude allusions to zoophily as well as some jokes that have longer beards than the unfortunate women duped by Tell made me cringe, especially as they made no sense to the plot. And for it to be a farce there are to few funny moments. Only at the very end we get a glimpse at what a satire this could have been when the European stars surround the map of Switzerland. So, unless you have made a vow to view every Swiss film there is, you may skip this one without second thoughts, and if you watch it by accident, you will not want to repeat the experience.