Marie-Louise (film)

Marie-Louise is a 1944 Swiss German and French language film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and an uncredited Franz Schnyder. The film, distributed in the U.S. by Arthur Mayer and Joseph Burstyn, was the first foreign language film ever to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Marie-Louise
French film poster
Directed by	Leopold Lindtberg Hermann Haller (uncredited) Franz Schnyder (uncredited)
Written by	Richard Schweizer
Produced by	Oscar Düby Lazar Wechsler
Starring	Josiane Hegg Heinrich Gretler Margrit Winter Anne-Marie Blanc Armin Schweizer Mathilde Danegger
Cinematography	Emil Berna
Edited by	Hermann Haller
Music by	Robert Blum
Production company	Praesens-Film
Distributed by	Praesens-Film (Switzerland) Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (USA)
Release dates	19 February 1944 (1944-02-19) (Zürich) 12 November 1945 (1945-11-12) (USA)
Running time	103 minutes (Switzerland) 93 minutes (USA)
Country	Switzerland
Languages	Swiss German French

Cast

• Josiane Hegg as Marie-Louise Fleury
• Heinrich Gretler as Direktor Rüegg / Director Rüegg
• Margrit Winter as Anna Rüegg
• Anne-Marie Blanc as Heidi Rüegg
• Armin Schweizer as Lehrer Bänninger / Teacher Bänninger
• Mathilde Danegger as Päuli
• Fred Tanner as Robert Scheibli
• Emil Gerber as Ernst Schwarzenbach
• Bernard Ammon as André
• Germaine Tournier as Frau Fleury / Mrs. Fleury
• Schaggi Streuli as Emil Kägi

External links

• Marie-Louise at IMDb