William Tell (1934 film)

William Tell
German film poster
German Wilhelm Tell
Directed by Heinz Paul
Written by
Produced by Ralph Scotoni
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Paul May
Lena Neumann
Music by
Production
companies
Terra Film
Schweizer Film-Finanzierungs
Distributed by Terra Film
Release date
  • 12 January 1934
Running time
 99 minutes
Countries Germany
Switzerland
Language German

William Tell (German: Wilhelm Tell) is a 1934 German-Swiss historical drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Hans Marr, Conrad Veidt and Emmy Göring. It is based on the 1804 play William Tell by Friedrich Schiller about the Swiss folk hero William Tell. It was made in Germany by Terra Film, with a separate English-language version supervised by Manning Haynes also being released. It was shot at the Marienfelde Studios of Terra Film in Berlin with location shooting in Switzerland. While working on the film Veidt, who had recently given sympathetic performances of Jews in Jew Suss (1934) and The Wandering Jew, was detained by the authorities. It was only after pressure from the British Foreign Office that he was eventually released. It is also known by the alternative title The Legend of William Tell.

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