Die Vogelpredigt

St. Francis’ Birds Tour

Italy, January 2005
FILM, Fiction, 88 min.

Save as Favorite
directed by
Clemens Klopfenstein
Written by
Clemens Klopfenstein
Status
In distribution

Max and Polo, two aging actors from Bern, look up their one-time director in order to pitch him their film idea, a sequel to their last great success 10 years ago. After a number of breakdowns with their car in the wintry Appenines, they finally arrive at the director’s Umbrian retreat. A bit of a hermit now, the director has become an ascetic, more interested in monasteries than mainstream consumer culture. However, he asks Max and Polo to do some test shots for a Franciscan film he is working on. As they are led off into the woods in Monks’ habits, reciting and chanting, the hapless duo has no idea what they have let themselves in for. With one-time Bond girl Ursula Andress in the role of God’s mother, Klopfenstein’s film is an entertaining romp about movie making in Switzerland.

credits

World Premiere
January 2005
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, 35mm, 88 min.
Production
Ombra Films
Producer
directed by
Clemens Klopfenstein
Written by
Clemens Klopfenstein
Cinemato­graphy
Clemens Klopfenstein, Vadim Jendreyko
Editing
Remo Legnazzi, Lorenz Cuno Klopfenstein
Location Sound Mix
Nicola Bellucci
Music
Ben Jeger
Location Sound Mix
Vadim Jendreyko
Production Design
Annelie Büchner
Lighting Design
Vadim Jendreyko

Cast

Polo Hofer
Max Rüdlinger
Sabine Timoteo
Mathias Gnädinger
Lukas Tiberio Klopfenstein
Clemens Klopfenstein
Ursula Andress

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Ombra Films

Worldwide Distribution

Germany
Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. Distribution

Awards

(a selection)

Festivals

(a selection)

Newsletter