Franco-Swiss actor Cyril Metzger, 30, wins the Swissperform 2025 Prize for the best leading role in a Swiss television production. The prize was awarded to him for his interpretation of hotelier André Morel in the series “Winter Palace”.
In his interpretation in the historical series “Winter Palace”, “Cyril Metzger succeeds in the difficult exercise of balance between the gentle charmer and the businessman”, wrote the jury in a press release published Tuesday.
The series takes place in the early 19th century in the Swiss Alps. In the role of hotelier André Morel, Cyril Metzger wants to promote winter tourism and keep his five-star establishment open all season. But many obstacles stand in his way. The series is the first collaboration between SSR and Netflix. It has been broadcast since the end of December on RTS and Play Suisse.
>> To see, the first episode of “Winter Palace”::
Liechtenstein actress Sarah Viktoria Frick won the Swissperform Prize for best supporting role. She plays the twins Nicole Merz and Aline Kaiser one after the other in the German-speaking detective series “Tatort – Von Affen und Menschen”.
The emerging prize awarded to a Genevan
The Swissperform Prize’s next generation prize is awarded to Isaline Prévost Radeff from Geneva. In the series “On the High Seas” by Denis Rabaglia, she plays Julia Morand, a small key role. The series is based on the novel “In Salt Water” by Fabien Feissli, a dark story of murder on a cargo ship.
>> Also read: “On the high seas”, a risk-taking that pays off for a series to watch on Play RTS
Solothurn actress Sophie Hutter won the jury prize for her role as Sarah Wyss, a peasant’s daughter, in the series “Neumatt”. Sophie Hutter evolves her character with great naturalness.
The Swissperform drama prizes for outstanding performances in television productions will be awarded during the Solothurn Film Days on January 26. They are endowed with 10,000 francs each.
The prices are offered by the Swiss cultural foundation for audiovisual in Switzerland. Swissperform is a neighboring rights management company in Switzerland. In particular, it negotiates the prices of secondary rights for actors and actresses and ensures that revenues are duly collected and distributed among rights holders in the audiovisual sector.
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