Fred Tanner

Marie-Louise is a 1944 German-language Swiss film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and an uncredited Franz Schnyder. It was the first ever foreign language film to win an Academy Award (it received the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay). (Wikipedia)

World War II, 10 May 1940: The forces of the German Wehrmacht start the Battle of France and invade the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Change of location to German-Swiss border area: Early in the morning the armed ticket inspector Emil Tschumi controls tracks next to the border. He surprises Werner Kramer, who is a German refugee. Kramer swims through the Rhine and arrives Switzerland. Tschumi is a good-natured, old man, who receives the repairman to his small house. There he offers to dry

Sophie and Gottfried Kummer live with their six boys in a very simple house in the Swiss Bern in the countryside. The family has little money and is worried about their existence, as there is still a letter of debt for the house. When a stranger, who wants to buy the house, arrives, the whole family tries hard to avert the misfortune.

Mrs. Diethelm and courageous teacher Christa Andres team up to run a home for misfit girls. Christa has had a very hard life, having even practiced prostitution, so she knows perfectly how to deal with rebellious girls. Erika, the most troublesome, reminds her a lot of herself when she was young. (Filmaffinity)