Die Wiesenberger
No Business Like Show Business
Une chanson pour Shanghai
Switzerland, January 2012
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt
- Written by
- Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.diewiesenberger.ch
For over 20 years the citizens of Wiesenberg had cultivated the same rituals. The singing mountaineers met once a week in the local church to rehearse together and they yodelled for weddings and birthdays. In the meantime their world has been turned upside down: their CDs have stormed the charts and they are bombarded with concert offers. The allure of show business! Now they are scheduled to perform in Shanghai. This tempting offer turns into a crucial test. A film about mountain dwellers who try to remain authentic, caught between their traditions and show business.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2012
- Original Version
- Swiss-German (french/english/german subtitles), colour, DCP, 90 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-E7BA-0000-Z-0000-0000-6
- Production
- Zeitraum Film GmbH, Lucky Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, 3sat Schweiz
- Producer
- Robert Müller, Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt
- directed by
- Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt
- Written by
- Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt
- Cinematography
- Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt, Stéphane Kuthy, Peter Indergand
- Editing
- Stefan Kälin, Michael Schaerer, Dave D. Leins
- Sound Design
- Roland Widmer
- Re-Recording Mix
- Guido Keller
- Music
- Roland Widmer, Pantha du Prince
- Location Sound Mix
- Dieter Meyer, Robert Müller, Simon Graf
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- First Hand Films GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH
Distribution
Release date: 23.02.2012
Awards
(a selection)
- Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage, Prix du Public 2012 (Winner)
- Filmfest Eberswalde, Publikumspreis 2012 (Winner)
- Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich, Succès Zürich Dokumentarfilm 3. Platz 2013 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Cracow, 53rd Krakow Film Festival
26.05.2013 - 02.06.2013 -
3rd DOC NYC New York Documentary Festival
08.11.2012 - 15.11.2012 -
Leipzig, 55. Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
29.10.2012 - 04.11.2012 -
Tokyo, 25th Tokyo International Film Festival
20.10.2012 - 28.10.2012 -
Filmfest Eberswalde
06.10.2012 - 13.10.2012 -
DMZ DOCS Korean International Documentary Festival
21.09.2012 - 27.09.2012 -
Locarno, 65° Festival del film Locarno
01.08.2012 - 11.08.2012 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2012 - 26.01.2012