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Das Erbe der Bergler – Alpine Saga

Alpine Saga – A Film About Mountain Haymaking
Alpine Saga – Un film sur les faucheurs des montagnes

Switzerland, August 2006
FILM, Documentary, 97 min.

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directed by
Erich Langjahr
Written by
Erich Langjahr
Status
In distribution
Website
www.langjahr-film.ch

A unique opportunity to experience the last remaining mountain haymakers in the Muotatal, a valley in Canton Schwyz, Switzerland. Award-winning director Langjahr returns to his beloved Alps to document a group of people continuing the legacy of their forefathers. Every year on Swiss National day, August 1, the Wildheuer climb up the steep mountain of the “Hinteren Heubrig”, fitted out with scythes and wearing wooden shoes with spikes, just as their ancestors did before them. They are part of a generation who have lived with the challenges of nature and survived it. In his film, Langjahr’s poetic realism gives an insight into these people’s experience of the simple life, the very foundation of human existence.

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World Premiere
August 2006
Original Version
Swiss-German, German (english/german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 97 min.
Production
Langjahr Film GmbH
Producer
directed by
Erich Langjahr
Written by
Erich Langjahr
Cinemato­graphy
Erich Langjahr
Editing
Erich Langjahr
Re-Recording Mix
Dieter Lengacher
Music
Hans Kennel
Location Sound Mix
Silvia Haselbeck

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Langjahr Film GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Langjahr Film GmbH Distribution

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