Gilberte de Courgenay Poster

Gilberte de Courgenay

Not Rated War Drama History

Starring: Erwin Kohlund, Anne-Marie Blanc, Heinrich Gretler, Ditta Oesch, Zarli Carigiet

Writer: Kurt Guggenheim, Richard Schweizer

Release Date:
April 17, 1941
Ratings:
5.5 / 10
Director:
Franz Schnyder
Companies:
Praesens-Film

Overview

Gilberte Montavon was a legend in her own lifetime. As a young woman, she was confidante to hundreds of thousands of Swiss-German speaking soldiers during the First World War, and remembered most of their names. She was still a teenager when the war began, and was immortalised by a song written during the war years by the Swiss-German bard and lute player, Hans Inn der Gand.