For French-speaking people, he was the hilarious Corporal Schnyder, a very wait-and-see and finicky police officer, caricatured in an enjoyable sketch with a strong Alemannic accent, which usually makes one’s hair stand on end.
He was also the unforgettable interpreter of the squeaky Makers of Swiss and the mischievous clown who got his brushes tangled under the carpet of the Knie Circus star ring. Emil Steinberger is a character like few in Switzerland, capable of making people laugh on both sides of the Sarine and beyond. Solar, he still is at 92 years old.
Misunderstood in his family
The man also has his cracks, which he does not hesitate to modestly expose in the documentary dedicated to him.
That of having…