The Inventor (movie)
Der Erfinder- User score: 7
- Production country: Switzerland, Germany
- Producer: Kurt Gloor
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Release date: 10/25/1980
- Run time: 97 min.
Movie description
In this interesting World War I drama, Bruno Ganz gives a compelling performance as Jakob, an obsessive inventor who lives in a Swiss village. He receives unconditional support from his friend Otti (Walo Luond), but that is about all; the other villagers do not tolerate Jakob's eccentricities very well, and regard him as a crackpot. He perserveres in spite of this obstacle and finally invents a viable carriage that does not run on wheels but on a tread. Unfortunately for Jakob, the military have already come up with the same invention: the tank. The discovery finally breaks him, and he is quickly shuttled off to an asylum.
