My Name is Eugen

From the literary classic by Klaus Schädelin, “Mein Name ist Eugen” is a coming-of-age story set in the 1960s, and tells of 12-year-olds Eugen and Wrigley’s last summer of adventure. When Wrigley’s parents announce their intention to pack him off to boarding school, the boys run away, hoping to find Fritzli Bühler, whom rumours in Bern have as the “King of Rascals”. But then Eugen and Wrigley bump into their Scouts group on the train and feel forced to join them to Tocino. Joined by Bäschteli and Eduard, they escape again. Hunted by their parents, furious farmers and a bunch of policemen they attempt a precarious journey across the Alps through the whole of Switzerland.