High in the Swiss Alps at the close of the eighteenth century, a stranded boy and a starving puppy find each other in Barry & Me, a German-Swiss family adventure directed by Markus Welter.
What is Barry & Me about?
Georg is twelve when circumstances leave him at the hospice on the Great St. Bernard Pass, a remote mountain crossing kept by monks. The landscape is beautiful and brutal in equal measure. His days are filled with chores, his nights with cold, and there is nobody his own age for miles. Then he comes across a puppy on the brink of death and decides to save it. Caring for the animal gives Georg a reason to get up each morning, and the bond between the two of them slowly changes how he sees the pass, the monks and his own place among them. Set against snowfields and stone walls, the film follows that friendship as the boy grows into the harsh world he has been dropped into, with the dog at his side.
About the cast
Young performer Paco von Wyss leads the cast, with Alma Büchenbacher and Mael Gallati among the other junior players. The adult ensemble is headed by the acclaimed German actor Ulrich Tukur, joined by Swiss star Max Hubacher, Christoph Gaugler, Dani Mangisch and Yousef Sweid. Markus Welter directs, and the mix of German and Swiss talent reflects the film's co-production across the two countries.
Context & significance
Barry & Me is a 2026 release listed under adventure and family, with a runtime just over an hour and a half. The Great St. Bernard Pass and its hospice are real places with a long association with mountain rescue dogs, and the name Barry carries weight in that tradition, which gives the film's title a resonance for European audiences. Period family films about a child and an animal are a durable genre, and this one places that formula in a setting rarely seen on screen: a monastic outpost above the treeline in the late 1700s.
Watching Barry & Me on Ktime
K-Time carries Barry & Me with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking children can follow the story without reading, while older viewers may prefer the original audio with subtitles. A free K-Time account is all that is needed to sign in and watch, and the Farsi interface makes it simple to locate the film in the family section.