Overview

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.

Top Cast

H

Hannes Schmidhauser

Beat Matter

Nelly Borgeaud

Jacqueline Escher

Peter Arens

Dominik

Heinrich Gretler

Posthalter

F

Fred Tanner

Korporal Rémy

Heinz Woester

Escher

Max Haufler

Federico

Alfred Schlageter

Gardekommandant

J

Johannes Steiner

Gardekaplan

Erwin Kohlund

Arzt

W

Willy Frey

Wirt

R

Rita Liechti

Wirtin