William Tell (1960 film)

William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell) is a 1960 Swiss adventure film directed by Michel Dickoff and Karl Hartl and starring Robert Freitag, Wolfgang Rottsieper and Alfred Schlageter.^[1] It is based on the traditional folk story of William Tell as told in the play William Tell by Friedrich Schiller. The film was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.^[2]

William Tell
Directed by	Michel Dickoff
Written by	Michel Dickoff
Produced by	Josef R. Kaelin
Starring	Robert Freitag
Cinematography	Hans Schneeberger
Release date	1960 (1960)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Switzerland
Language	German

Cast

• Robert Freitag as Wilhelm Tell
• Wolfgang Rottsieper as Gessler
• Alfred Schlageter as Walter Fürst
• Hannes Schmidhauser as Arnold von Melchtal
• Leopold Biberti as Werner Stauffacher
• Maria Becker as Gertrud Stauffacher
• Heinz Woester as Attinghausen
• Georges Weiss as Rudenz
• Birke Bruck as Berta von Bruneck
• Zarli Carigiet as Baumgarten
• Helen Hesse as Baumgartnerin
• Paul Bühlmann as Rudi
• Inigo Gallo as Frieshart