William Tell

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.

• Michel DickoffDirector
• Michel DickoffScreenplay
• Max FrischScreenplay

• Robert FreitagWilhelm Tell
• Alfred SchlageterWalter Fürst
• Maria BeckerGertrud Stauffacher
• Birke BruckBerta von Bruneck
• Heinz WoesterAttinghausen
• Hannes SchmidhauserArnold von Melchtal
• Leopold BibertiWerner Stauffacher
• Georges WeissRudenz
• Zarli CarigietBaumgarten
• Wolfgang RottsieperGessler
• Helen HesseBaumgartnerin
• Paul BühlmannRudi