Uli the Farmhand

Uli the Farmhand (German: Uli der Knecht) is a 1954 Swiss film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Hannes Schmidhauser, Liselotte Pulver and Heinrich Gretler. Based on Jeremias Gotthelf’s 1841 story Wie Uli der Knecht glücklich wird, it follows a farmhand who reforms his life, rises to a position of responsibility on a struggling farm, and must decide whom to marry. The film premiered in Zurich on 19 October 1954 and was a box-office success.