• The Foster Boy (German: Der Verdingbub) is a 2011 Swiss drama film directed by Markus Imboden. It dramatizes the fate of two Verdingkinder in Emmental...
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    the same year, Der Verdingbub ('The Foster Boy'), a feature film, was released, reaching number one at the Swiss box office. Kinder der Landstrasse...
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    thereafter grew up in a series of state-run foster homes. He worked as a Verdingbub (indentured child laborer) and briefly joined the army. He was charged...
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    Auf der Strecke Film 2009: La Bohéme im Hochhaus TV, Die Standesbeamtin Film 2010: Kampf der Chöre TV, Sennentuntschi Film 2011: Der VerdingbubFilm,...
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    those of Edvard Munch. At the age of seven, young Karl was given up as a “Verdingbub” (foster child), a common practice in an impoverished Switzerland at the...
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