Jakobli and Meyeli (1962)

The film follows the further fate of Jakobli Jowäger, the scion of a wealthy Emmentaler farming family, as described in the second volume of the 19th century Gotthelf novel. Having married Meyeli, the woman of his dreams, at the end of the first film, everything seems to go well for Jakobli at first, but tragedy strikes when Jakobli's first child contracts diphtheria. The film goes on to show the conflicts within the Jowäger family and the wider community, particularly the conflicts between the local doctor (and the progressive minister who supports him) and the general populace (including the Jowäger family) which tends to superstition and is more inclined to trust charlatans and folk remedies than academic medicine.