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The Boat Is Full (1981) is available on Kanopy with a participating library card. Also available to stream on Kino Film Collection.
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During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family: the deserter as husband, Judith as his wife, an old man from Vienna as her father, his granddaughter and the French lad, whom they beg to keep silent, as their children. Judith's teenage brother poses as a soldier. The fabrication unravels through chance and the local constable's exact investigation. Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported?
A handful of desperate refugees must gamble their lives on the hospitality of a quiet Swiss inn. This tense period drama pits individual morality against the cold, bureaucratic walls of a nation refusing to open its borders.
Director
Markus Imhoof
Cast
Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Mathias Gnädinger, Curt Bois, Martin Walz, Ilse Bahrs, Gerd David, Simone, Laurent, Renate Steiger
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The Boat Is Full
You can watch The Boat Is Full (1981) on Kanopy with a participating library card.
Director
Markus Imhoof
Cast
Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Mathias Gnädinger, Curt Bois, Martin Walz, Ilse Bahrs, Gerd David, Simone, Laurent, Renate Steiger
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Watch The Boat Is Full on Kanopy with a participating library card. The Boat Is Full is streaming on Kino Film Collection. Availability last verified October 15, 2026.