Ebjä! Adolf Wölfli (2026): Cast, Story and Release Details

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Ebjä! Adolf Wölfli explores the art and imagined universe of Swiss artist Adolf Wölfli, tracing his transformation of personal experience into the vast identity of “Allgebrathor.” The documentary follows Ueli Jäggi and Daniel Baumann through the Emmental and the visual worlds connected to Wölfli’s work.

Ebjä! Adolf Wölfli is a 2026 Swiss documentary about the extraordinary artistic universe of Adolf Wölfli, a former psychiatric patient at the Waldau Asylum. Through his work, Wölfli imagined himself as “Allgebrathor,” a powerful figure with many identities and grand abilities.

Directed and written by Heinz Bütler, the film follows Ueli Jäggi and Daniel Baumann as they explore the Emmental and the visual worlds associated with this exceptional Swiss artist. Its focus is Wölfli’s art and the imaginative identity he created through it.

Ebjä! Adolf Wölfli movie details

Story without spoilers

The documentary examines Adolf Wölfli’s artistic legacy and the expansive universe he built in his works. Once a psychiatric patient at the Waldau Asylum, Wölfli transformed himself through art into “Allgebrathor,” portrayed as an all-powerful giant, inventor, military commander and steamship captain.

Ueli Jäggi and Daniel Baumann follow traces of Wölfli through the Emmental and engage with the visual worlds shaped by his imagination. The film also features Ariane von Graffenried and Hilar Stadler, who appear as themselves.

What to expect

As a documentary centered on an artist and his work, Ebjä! Adolf Wölfli is structured around an exploration of Adolf Wölfli’s imagined universe, artistic identity and connection to Switzerland. The premise points to a film that combines place-based investigation with attention to Wölfli’s visual creations.

Its subject offers a meeting point between biography, art and imagination, while the Emmental provides a geographical setting for the journey. The film is in German and has a runtime of 90 minutes.

Cast and creative team

Heinz Bütler directs and writes Ebjä! Adolf Wölfli. Ueli Jäggi and Daniel Baumann appear as themselves, alongside Ariane von Graffenried and Hilar Stadler, who are also credited as themselves.

• Ueli Jäggi as Self
• Daniel Baumann as Self
• Ariane von Graffenried as Self
• Hilar Stadler as Self

Release and production context

Ebjä! Adolf Wölfli is a Swiss documentary with a listed release date of September 27, 2026. It runs for 1 hour and 30 minutes, is spoken in German and was produced by HOOK Film & Kultur Produktion GmbH. The film is directed and written by Heinz Bütler.

Production companies: HOOK Film & Kultur Produktion GmbH

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Ebjä! Adolf Wölfli presents Adolf Wölfli through the scale of the universe he created in his art, connecting that imaginative world with the Emmental and his Swiss background. Its compact 90-minute format makes it a focused documentary portrait of an artist whose self-created identity became central to his work.

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