S'Margritli und d'Soldate (1940)

Release Date: 1940-01-01
Runtime: 1h 36min
Production Country: Switzerland
Director: August Kern

September 1939 in Estavayer: An anti-aircraft battery of the Swiss militia takes up position near a hotel on the border. The daughter of the house is adored by all the soldiers. During a nighttime air battle in which a "foreign" aircraft is shot down, one of the soldiers is killed. Only the girl can comfort the overwhelmed soldiers; it is only an emergency during a storm that brings them together.