

A hairdresser is being recruited during World War I by the Swiss military where they turn this soft civilian into a 'real man'.

Paul Hubschmid
Reinhold Wipf

Heinrich Gretler
Leu

Emil Hegetschweiler
Wiederkehr

Alfred Rasser
Notar

Zarli Carigiet
Schatzli

Schaggi Streuli
Metzger

Lisa Della Casa
Vreneli
Elsie Attenhofer
Rosa Wiederkehr

Sigfrit Steiner
Oberleutnant