Die Vogelpredigt
St. Francis’ Birds Tour
Italy, January 2005
FILM,
Fiction,
88 min.
- 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)
- Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage Selb, Publikumspreis 2005 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Rotterdam, 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam
25.01.2024 - 04.02.2024 -
Saarbrücken, 30. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken
26.01.2009 - 01.02.2009 -
12e BIM Biennale de l'image en mouvement Genève
12.10.2007 - 20.10.2007 -
Gothenburg, 29th Göteborg Film Festival
27.01.2006 - 06.02.2006 -
Rotterdam, 35th International Film Festival Rotterdam
25.01.2006 - 05.02.2006 -
Sao Paulo, 29ème Festival International de Film
21.10.2005 - 03.11.2005 -
Warsaw, 21st Warsaw International Film Festival
07.10.2005 - 16.10.2005 -
Locarno, 58. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
03.08.2005 - 13.08.2005 -
Berlin, Internationales Forum des Jungen Films
10.02.2005 - 20.02.2005 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
24.01.2005 - 30.01.2005