---
title: 'William Tell (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karl Hartl'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/william-tell-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136617/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# William Tell (1960)

1960 · 101 min · Drama · Switzerland


## Synopsis

William Tell is a 1960 Swiss adventure film directed by Michel Dickoff and Karl Hartl and starring Robert Freitag, Wolfgang Rottsieper and Alfred Schlageter. 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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Hannes Schmidhauser](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-schmidhauser), [Max Frisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-frisch)
- **Director:** [Karl Hartl](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hartl), [Michel Dickoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-dickoff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Haug](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-haug)
- **Producer:** [Josef Richard Kaelin](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-richard-kaelin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Schneeberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schneeberger)

## Cast

- [Hannes Schmidhauser](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-schmidhauser)
- [Heinz Woester](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-woester)
- [Zarli Carigiet](https://cinepixo.com/people/zarli-carigiet)
- [Alfred Schlageter](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-schlageter)
- [Paul Bühlmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-buhlmann)
- [Karl Pistorius](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-pistorius)
- [Leopold Biberti](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopold-biberti)
- [Birke Bruck](https://cinepixo.com/people/birke-bruck)
- [Armin Schweizer](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-schweizer)
- [Maria Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-becker)
- [Robert Freitag](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-freitag)
- [Max Knapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-knapp)
- [Inigo Gallo](https://cinepixo.com/people/inigo-gallo)
- [Alfred Rasser](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-rasser)

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