The Boat Is Full
1981 · Movie · 101 min · ★ 6.1
Nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film (1981), The Boat Is Full is a tense and heartbreaking drama that captures the plight of refugees during WWII. A ragtag band of exiles from Germany sneak into Switzerland seeking asylum. They are allowed to stay at an isolated inn as long as they pretend to be a family. In order to maintain this deception they must communicate with a young French-speaking boy, who cannot understand the rest of the German-speaking refugees. They must impress upon him the importance of remaining silent, or else their plan, and their lives, could fall apart. Director Markus Imhoof (More Than Honey, Eldorado) keeps tightening the suspense until the final breathtaking minutes. Pointedly relevant and nailbitingly tense, The Boat Is Full is a WWII film for the ages.
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Details
- Original title
- Das Boot ist voll
- Years
- 1981
- Release date
- 1981-01-15
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 101 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (15 votes)
Themes
- refugee
- boat
- switzerland
- world war ii
- train
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 1982 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1982 · nominated
Cast & crew
Tina Engel
as Judith Krueger
Hans Diehl
as Hannes Krueger
Mathias Gnädinger
as Franz Flueckiger
Curt Bois
as Lazar Ostrowskij
- MW
Martin Walz
as Olaf Landau
- IB
Ilse Bahrs
as Mrs. Ostrowskij
- GD
Gerd David
as Karl Schneider
- SI
Simone
as Gitty
- LA
Laurent
as Maurice
- RS
Renate Steiger
as Anna Flueckinger
Directed by Markus Imhoof