Landesverräter

St. Gallen during the Second World War: deluded into believing he could become a great singer in Germany, drifter Ernst Schrämli sells Swiss military information to a manipulative German Nazi spy. When his crime is discovered, Ernst becomes the first Swiss to be sentenced to death for espionage and treason. LANDESVERRÄTER is a film based on true events about a young daydreamer from the provinces who is exploited and betrayed during the Second World War. Ernst Schrämli was the first of 17 traitors in Swiss history to be executed.