The film traces Uli's progress from his humble peasant surroundings to the homes of the wealthy and prominent. The characterizations are convincing, and the comic interludes surprisingly subtle and believable for a Swiss film. The no-star cast doomed Uli Der Knecht from the start so far as American distribution was concerned. It was another matter in Switzerland, where the film was one of the year's top moneymakers. Uli der Knecht was based on a novel by Jeremias Gottbelf.
Hannes Schmidhauser
Uli
Emil Hegetschweiler
Joggeli, Glunggenbauer
Liselotte Pulver
Vreneli
Heinrich Gretler
Johannes, Bodenbauer
Hedda Koppé
Glunggenbäuerin
Marianne Matti
Elisi
Erwin Kohlund
Johannes
Stephanie Glaser
Trinette
