The Foster Boy

Synopsis

Switzerland, 1955. The young orphan Max is sent as a foster child and contracted to work for the Bösiger family who lives on a farm. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.

Main Cast

Katja Riemann

Mrs. Bösiger

Age : 60 | Popularity : 9%

Stefan Kurt

Mr. Bösiger

Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Maximilian Simonischek

Jakob

Age : 41 | Popularity : 3%

Max Hubacher

Max

Age : 31 | Popularity : 15%

Lisa Brand

Berteli

Age : 30 | Popularity : 3%

Miriam Stein

Esther

Age : 35 | Popularity : 32%

Andreas Matti

Hasslinger

Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Heidy Forster

Grandmother

Age : 92 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Peter von Haller
Editing	Editor	Ursula Höf
Production	Producer	Claudia Schröder Peter Reichenbach
	Casting	Corinna Glaus Ruth Hirschfeld
Directing	Director	Markus Imboden
Sound	Sound Editor	André Zimmermann
	Original Music Composer	Benedikt Jeger
Writing	Writer	Plinio Bachmann
	Story Consultant	Jasmine Hoch
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Claudia Flütsch
	Key Makeup Artist	Marc Hollenstein
Art	Set Decoration	Thérèse Traber
	Production Design	Marion Schramm Andi Schrämli Nils Tünnermann
Department	Role	Name

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