Uli the Tenant

Uli the Tenant
Uli the Tenant
	Liselotte Pulver and Leopold Biberti
Directed by	Franz Schnyder
Written by	Richard Schweizer; Werner Düggelin; Franz Schnyder
Based on	Uli, der Pächter by Jeremias Gotthelf
Produced by	Oscar Düby
Starring	Hannes Schmidhauser; Liselotte Pulver; Emil Hegetschweiler;
Cinematography	Emil Berna
Edited by	Hermann Haller; Hans Heinrich Egger;
Music by	Robert Blum
Production; company	Praesens-Film AG
Distributed by	Praesens-Film AG
Release date	23 December 1955;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Switzerland
Language	Swiss German

Uli the Tenant (German: Uli, der Pächter) is a 1955 Swiss film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Liselotte Pulver, Hannes Schmidhauser and Emil Hegetschweiler.^[1] The film is adapted from Jeremias Gotthelf’s Uli, der Pächter, the sequel to Uli, der Knecht, and continues the story of Uli and Vreneli after their marriage and move to the Glunggenhof.^[2]^[3]

Background

The film is adapted from Jeremias Gotthelf’s Uli, der Pächter.^[2] The book is the sequel to Uli, der Knecht and continues the story of Uli and Vreneli after their marriage and their move to the Glunggenhof.^[3]

Synopsis

Uli lives with his wife Vreneli and their young daughter on the Glungge farm, where he works as a tenant farmer. After a poor harvest and pressure over the rent, he is forced to sell wheat below value. To save money, he dismisses his reliable farmhands and hires cheaper but unreliable workers. He later finds his way back with the help of his wife and a friend.^[4]^[5]

Cast

The cast includes:^[2]^[5]

Liselotte Pulver as Vreneli
Hannes Schmidhauser as Uli
Emil Hegetschweiler as Joggeli
Leopold Biberti as Hagelhannes
Erwin Kohlund as Johannes
Hedda Koppé as Glunggenbäuerin
Marianne Matti as Elisi
Alfred Rasser as Baumwollhändler
Fredy Scheim as Müller
Peter Arens as Arzt
Hans Gaugler as Mannli
Stephanie Glaser as Tinette/Trinette

Production

The film was produced by Praesens-Film AG in Zürich and shot from 4 July to 3 September 1955. Interior scenes were filmed at the Rosenhof studio and the Gesellenhaus Wolfbach in Zürich, while much of the location shooting took place in the Emmental, including on a farm in Brechershäusern ob Wynigen and Sumiswald, as well as in Münsingen, Fribourg and Bern.^[2]

Release and legacy

The film premiered on 23 December 1955 at the Scala cinema in Zürich.^[2] Pulver remained widely known across Switzerland for her role as Vreneli in Uli der Knecht and Uli der Pächter.^[6]

Festival screenings

The film was screened at the 65th Locarno Film Festival in 2012.^[4]

References

↑ Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 996
1 2 3 4 5 "Filmografie - Uli der Pächter (1955)". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2026.
1 2 "A.8: Uli, der Pächter". Jeremias Gotthelf – Kritische Gesamtausgabe, University of Bern (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2026.
1 2 "Uli der Pächter". Swiss Films (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2026.
1 2 "Uli der Pächter". Filmpodium (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2026.
↑ "Schauspielerin Liselotte Pulver 75". SWI swissinfo (in German). 6 October 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2026.

External links

Uli the Tenant at IMDb

[1] Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 996

[:1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Filmografie - Uli der Pächter (1955)". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 "A.8: Uli, der Pächter". Jeremias Gotthelf – Kritische Gesamtausgabe, University of Bern (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2026.

[:0-4] 1 2 "Uli der Pächter". Swiss Films (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2026.

[:3-5] 1 2 "Uli der Pächter". Filmpodium (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2026.

[6] "Schauspielerin Liselotte Pulver 75". SWI swissinfo (in German). 6 October 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2026.

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