Cinema biography: Traitor

St. Gallen during the Second World War: Held in the mistaken belief that he will become a great singer in Germany, drifter Ernst Schrämli sells Swiss military information to a manipulative German Nazi spy. When his crime is discovered, Ernst is the first Swiss to be sentenced to death for espionage and treason.

TRITOR is a film based on true events about a young daydreamer from the provinces who is exploited and betrayed during the Second World War.
Ernst Schrämli was the first of 17 traitors in Swiss history to be executed.

Director: Michael Krummenacher
With: Dimitri Krebs, Fabian Hinrichs, Stefan Gubser, Luna Wedler
CH 2024, dialect, from 12y, 117 min