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    The Boat Is Full 1981 POSTER

    The Boat Is Full

    1981

    German

    7.1

    6

    75%

    75%

    Action

    boat

    Drama

    refugee

    switzerland

    train

    War

    world war ii

    Markus Imhoof Markus Imhoof Director Ilse Bahrs Ilse Bahrs as Frau Ostrowskij Tina Engel Tina Engel as Judith Krueger Michael Gempart Michael Gempart as Landjäger Bigler Curt Bois Curt Bois as Lazar Ostrowskij
    During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family: the deserter as husband, Judith as his wife, an old man from Vienna as her father, his granddaughter and the French lad, whom they beg to keep silent, as their children. Judith's teenage brother poses as a soldier. The fabrication unravels through chance and the local constable's exact investigation. Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported?
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