Overview
Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man from the village is determined by "unlucky" draw to take on the life-threatening repairs.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Hans-Martin Majewski
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Otto Heller
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Herbert ReineckerWriter
- Jakob Christoph HeerNovel
- Original title
- An heiligen Wassern
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 23, 1960
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Switzerland
Production
Cast
Hansjörg FelmyRoman Blatter
Cordula TrantowBinja
Hanns LotharThöni Grieg
Karl JohnSeppi Blatter
Gustav KnuthHans Waldisch
Gisela von CollandeFränzi Blatter
Margrit RainerCreszenz Waldisch
Leopold BibertiHans Zuensteinen- Uta KohlhoffVroni Blatter
Hans HesslingBälzi
Walter LadengastKaplan Johannes
Fritz SchulzDer Dorfpfarrer
John BentleyLemmy, ein Engländer
Schaggi StreuliLandrat
Max Knapp- Hermann FrickBaliälpler
- Jean BrunoThugi
- Gretl Mathis-EdmundSusi
Fernand Berset- Sacha Solnia
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