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Schwabenkinder

Schwabenkinder

2003TV Movie⏱️ 1h 49m
DramaHistory
7.1
IMDB Rating
293 votes

A man returning to his parents years after having been sent away as a child-laborer tells his lifetime story to his dying father.

Director
Jo Baier
Writers
N/A
Stars
Tobias Moretti, Thomas Unterkircher, Vadim Glowna
Release Date
March 7, 2003
Language
German
Country
Germany
🏆 4
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 4
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Tobias Moretti
Tobias Moretti
as Kooperator
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Thomas Unterkircher
as Kaspar Raiter - 8 Jahre alt
Vadim Glowna
Vadim Glowna
as Vater Anton Raiter
Jürgen Tarrach
Jürgen Tarrach
as Klemens Steinhauser
Hary Prinz
Hary Prinz
as Kaspar Raiter
Naomi Krauss
Naomi Krauss
as Josefa Raiter
👤
Andrea Eckert
as Gnädige Frau
👤
Eva Marie Fleissner
as Magdalena
👤
Werner Prinz
as Pfarrer
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Christina Amoser
as Elisabeth 'Lieserl' Knopfler

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Production
Epo-Film Produktionsgesellschaft, Film-Line Productions GmbH, Film-Line Produktion

🏷️ Keywords

hillsidepovertyslaverychild traffickingalpine

🎯 Categories

GermanDramaHistory

⭐ Featured Review

SCHWABENKINDER Excellent film about the human drama of alpine children.
by udimaretriec2016-03-26
10/10

"Yes, a film for TV, high quality, directed by Jo Baier and released in 2003. I had not seen that time, but these days I could do it. It is based on the human, socioeconomic, historical drama of children belonging to poor families in the Alpine snows (the Schawenkinder) which were handed over by their parents to cushion poverty, being offered in the market to be hand for seasonal casual laborers work in the fields or servants ladies / gentlemen (child exploitation, slavery SXIX) although in its early historical events dating from S XVI / SXVII. The long journey by snow in inhospitable climate t..."

📖 Synopsis

A man returning to his parents years after having been sent away as a child-laborer tells his lifetime story to his dying father.