Anna Göldin – Letzte Hexe
Anna Gödin – The Last Witch
Anna Göldin – dernière sorcière
Anna Göldin – ultima strega
Switzerland / Germany / France, August 1991
FILM,
Fiction,
108 min.
- directed by
- Gertrud Pinkus
- Written by
- Gertrud Pinkus, Eveline Hasler
- Status
- In distribution
Glarus, november 1981: the little daughter of a distinguished family finds in her milk at breakfast some pins. The maid Anna Göldin arouses suspicion, a woman of complex sensuality. Both, master and daughter, are under a spell. Anna Göldin is at once dismissed. After that, the daughter is for weeks spitting out 106 pins and her left leg is getting paralyzed. Anna Göldin is getting accused, having bewitched the child. She is fetched back to Glarus. And she can heal the child. Therefor she produces evidence of being a witch. During torture she admits all accusations. On June 18, 1782 she is put to death. Anna Göldin ist he last woman in Europe, who is convicted as a witch by an official high court.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 1991
- Original Version
- German (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 108 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0000-68EE-0000-R-0000-0000-U
- Production
- P&P Film AG, Alpha-Film GmbH, Hexatel
- Producer
- Monika Aubele
- directed by
- Gertrud Pinkus
- Written by
- Gertrud Pinkus, Eveline Hasler
- Cinematography
- Franz Rath
- Music
- Sine Nomine
- Location Sound Mix
- Gérard Rueff
- Production Design
- Kathrin Brunner, Franz Geuer
- Special Effects
- Karl Baumgartner
- Lighting Design
- Ekkehard Heinrich
- Costumes
- Greti Kläy
Cast
Cornelia Kempers
Ursula Andermatt
Peter Wyssbrod
Roger Jendly
Anne-Marie Blanc
Dimitri
Dominique Horwitz
Annemirl Bierbichler
Luca Kurt
Stefan Gubser
Pinkas Braun
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Gertrud Pinkus
Awards
(a selection)
- Figueira da Foz, Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz, Le Prix des Femmes 1992 (Winner)
- Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Publikumspreis 1992 (Winner)
- Locarno, Locarno Festival, Prix du Jury Oecuménique 1991 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, 55. Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2020 - 29.01.2020 -
Strasbourg, Augenblick Festival
23.01.2007 - 09.02.2007 -
Kiev, 27th Kiev Int. Film Festival "Molodist"
18.10.1997 - 26.10.1997 -
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis/St. Paul Int. Film Festival
23.04.1993 - 08.05.1993 -
India, 24th Int. Film Fest.of India: New Delhi
10.01.1993 - 20.01.1993 -
San Diego, San Diego International Film Festival
01.01.1993 - 30.06.1993 -
Figueira da Foz, Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz
03.09.1992 - 13.09.1992 -
Gothenburg, Göteborg Film Festival
31.01.1992 - 09.02.1992 -
Solothurn, 27. Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.1992 - 26.01.1992 -
Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
21.01.1992 - 28.01.1992
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Locarno, Locarno Festival
08.08.1991 - 18.08.1991