Robert Walser (writer)

Robert Walser (*April 15 1878 near Biel/Bienne, Switzerland; ? December 25 1956 near Herisau, Switzerland, was a German-speaking Swiss writer.

Movies

• Jakob von Gunten, director: Peter Lilienthal, script: Ror Wolf and Peter Lilienthal, 1971
• Der Gehülfe, director: Thomas Koerfer, 1975
• Der Vormund und sein Dichter, direction and script: Percy Adlon, 1978 (free picturization of Seelig's Wanderungen mit Robert Walser)
• Robert Walser (1974-1978), direction and script: HHK Schoenherr
• Waldi, direction and script: Reinhard Kahn, Michael Leiner (after the story Der Wald), 1980
• Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life, directors: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay (i.e. Brothers Quay) with Mark Rylance as Jakob von Gunten, 1995
• Branca de Neve, director: João César Monteiro, 2000