

93 minutes
12/21/1956
After the death of his parents, Beat Matter grows up with the Escher family. Their son Dominik is his best friend. As a young man, Beat enlists for two years of service with the Papal Swiss Guard in Rome. Shortly before starting his service, he meets Dominik's fiancée Jacqueline at an Alpine festival. He falls in love, even though he knows that Jacqueline is already promised to someone else.
Hannes Schmidhauser
as Beat Matter

Nelly Borgeaud
as Jacqueline Escher

Peter Arens
as Dominik

Heinrich Gretler
as Posthalter
Fred Tanner
as Korporal Rémy

Heinz Woester
as Escher
Max Haufler
as Federico

Alfred Schlageter
as Gardekommandant
Johannes Steiner
as Gardekaplan

Erwin Kohlund
as Arzt
Willy Frey
as Wirt
Rita Liechti
as Wirtin
Peter Markus