Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe

For many connoisseurs, this Gottfried Keller film adaptation is the "most beautiful, most genuine Swiss film" (Freddy Buache). Childhood friends Vreneli and Sali are separated by their fathers' enmity. Only years later does their love find a way before coming to a bitter end not long after. A heartbreaking love story with the outstanding leading actors Margrit Winter and Erwin Kohlund, who later actually got married. SRF and Praesens-Film in collaboration with Cinematéque Suisse and Memoriav have restored this classic that was shot in the canton of Zurich using material from different versions in order to come as close as possible to the untraceable original.