Kurt Früh

Directing

Kurt Früh

Born 1915-04-12 · St. Gallen, Switzerland

Kurt Früh (1915-1979) was most probably Switzerland's most popular film director ever. Früh was born in 1915 in St. Gallen (Switzerland). When he was a child, his family moved to Zurich, where Früh studied linguistics and music at the university.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Zürrer Bakery poster
6.4

Widowed baker Zürrer has to raise his three children, who all turn out to be disappointments to him in various ways.

The Zürrer Bakery

1957

The Zürrer Bakery poster
6.4

Widowed baker Zürrer has to raise his three children, who all turn out to be disappointments to him in various ways.

The Zürrer Bakery

1957

Dällebach Kari poster
6.6

Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern’s legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left him disfigured and gave his voice a peculiarl nasal tone, he devoted his entire life trying to get people to laugh with him instead of at him. Ultimately, his despairing at ever becoming accepted as a fellow man coupled with unrequited love made his life tragic, culminating in his suicide at age 54. His jokes are still well known today.

Dällebach Kari

1970

A Roof Over Your Head poster
7.0

A poor family with 6 kids that live in a ramshackle hut are suddenly offered a nice flat for cheap - with the landlord hoping they'll drive away their new neighbors whom he wants out of his building.

A Roof Over Your Head

1962

A Roof Over Your Head poster
7.0

A poor family with 6 kids that live in a ramshackle hut are suddenly offered a nice flat for cheap - with the landlord hoping they'll drive away their new neighbors whom he wants out of his building.

A Roof Over Your Head

1962

Polizischt Wäckerli poster
5.4

Wäckerli, policeman in the small Swiss village of Allenwil, is in trouble. His son Ruedi is unhappy in his apprenticeship and spends way too much money. And now 10'000 francs have been stolen from the bourough's community fund...

Polizischt Wäckerli

1956

Polizischt Wäckerli poster
5.4

Wäckerli, policeman in the small Swiss village of Allenwil, is in trouble. His son Ruedi is unhappy in his apprenticeship and spends way too much money. And now 10'000 francs have been stolen from the bourough's community fund...

Polizischt Wäckerli

1956

Hinter den sieben Gleisen poster
7.4

They live behind the rails of the classification yard in a small and shabby hut. They take the days as they come, refuse to work on principle and pinch together their livelihood. The three tramps Dürst, Barbarossa and Clown are content with what they have and ignore the outside world, and so far they have fared well. Until now...

Hinter den sieben Gleisen

1959

Hinter den sieben Gleisen poster
7.4

They live behind the rails of the classification yard in a small and shabby hut. They take the days as they come, refuse to work on principle and pinch together their livelihood. The three tramps Dürst, Barbarossa and Clown are content with what they have and ignore the outside world, and so far they have fared well. Until now...

Hinter den sieben Gleisen

1959

Im Parterre links poster
8.5

Karl Wieser, the Zurich tram driver, is a henpecked husband. When he is chosen to give a demonstration ride to foreign experts, he gains favor with his wife Anni. The mother is also particularly proud of Helen, her older daughter in America, who has made a good match, her younger sister Inge, who is destined to become a world-famous singer, and her son Herbert, who is studying medicine. But it turns out that she is succumbing to her own delusions and deceit.

Im Parterre links

1963

The 42nd Heaven poster
9.0

Musical comedy about a marriage registrar.

The 42nd Heaven

1962

The 42nd Heaven poster
9.0

Musical comedy about a marriage registrar.

The 42nd Heaven

1962

Der Fall poster
6.0

In this Swiss film noir a private investigator stumbles onto a case involving blackmail and an oversexed, under-aged girl. He finds the girl, and, tragically, becomes involved with her.

Der Fall

1972

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Konvention Belzebir

1968

Café Odeon poster
6.5

A "milieustudie" about a girl going to the famous Cafe Odeon and trying to make ends meet.

Café Odeon

1959

Café Odeon poster
6.5

A "milieustudie" about a girl going to the famous Cafe Odeon and trying to make ends meet.

Café Odeon

1959

Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte poster
9.0

A man takes in three a dog and three runaway girls.

Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte

1958

Love from a Stranger poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Love from a Stranger

1967

No artwork available
NR

Short documentary about civil life.

Mitenand gahts besser

1949

No artwork available
NR

Short documentary about civil life.

Mitenand gahts besser

1949

The Devil May Well Laugh poster
9.0

Three bums get played by the devil.

The Devil May Well Laugh

1960

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Warum bist du nicht berühmt?

1969

No artwork available
NR

Short agitprop film supporting democracy.

Demokratie in Gefahr

1950

Oberstadtgass poster
10.0

Realist melodrama set in Zurich. In the old town district, people are concerned about Mäni, the child of a toilet attendant, who is growing up without a father. Postman Jucker appeals to the boy's conscience and protects him from unjustified accusations. After Mäni's mother dies, Jucker, who has become the child's guardian, takes Mäni into his home. Mrs. Jucker does not accept the boy and accuses Jucker of forgetting their own deceased child. Mrs. Jucker flees to her sister's house. Mäni also runs away.

Oberstadtgass

1956