Marie-Louise (film)

Marie-Louise is a 1944 Swiss German and French language film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and an uncredited Franz Schnyder. The film, distributed in the U.S. by Arthur Mayer and Joseph Burstyn, was the first foreign language film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Marie-Louise
French film poster
Directed byLeopold Lindtberg
Hermann Haller (uncredited)
Franz Schnyder (uncredited)
Written byRichard Schweizer
Produced byOscar Düby
Lazar Wechsler
StarringJosiane Hegg
Heinrich Gretler
Margrit Winter
Anne-Marie Blanc
Armin Schweizer
Mathilde Danegger
CinematographyEmil Berna
Edited byHermann Haller
Music byRobert Blum
Production
company
Praesens-Film
Distributed byPraesens-Film (Switzerland)
Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (USA)
Release dates
19 February 1944 (Zürich)
12 November 1945 (USA)
Running time
103 minutes (Switzerland)
93 minutes (USA)
CountrySwitzerland
LanguagesSwiss German
French

Cast

  • Josiane Hegg as Marie-Louise Fleury
  • Heinrich Gretler as Direktor Rüegg / Director Rüegg
  • Margrit Winter as Anna Rüegg
  • Anne-Marie Blanc as Heidi Rüegg
  • Armin Schweizer as Lehrer Bänninger / Teacher Bänninger
  • Mathilde Danegger as Päuli
  • Fred Tanner as Robert Scheibli
  • Emil Gerber as Ernst Schwarzenbach
  • Bernard Ammon as André
  • Germaine Tournier as Frau Fleury / Mrs. Fleury
  • Schaggi Streuli as Emil Kägi


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