Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross – Facing Death
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross – Faire face à la mort
Switzerland, January 2003
FILM,
Documentary,
98 min.
- directed by
- Stefan Haupt
- Written by
- Stefan Haupt
- Status
- In distribution
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is arguably the world's most reknowned expert on the process of dying. With Kübler Ross' full collaboration, Haupt's film looks back on her life and career, from her earliest days as a triplet in 1920s Zurich, to her fame as an international lecturer and writer based in the US. Now in her twilight years, Kübler-Ross is bedbound in Arizona, and awaiting death herself. A truly fascinating film that enables us to re-evaluate our own emotions regarding life's greatest certainty, death. With the addition of archive film and interviews with Kübler-Ross' sisters and close colleagues, Haupt builds up a rich picture of a remarkable woman who has done so much to make death less of a taboo.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2003
- Original Version
- English, Swiss-German, German (german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 98 min.
- Production
- Fontana Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Stefan Haupt
- directed by
- Stefan Haupt
- Written by
- Stefan Haupt
- Cinematography
- Christian Davi, Patrick Lindenmaier
- Editing
- Stefan Kälin
- Location Sound Mix
- Thomas Thümena, Martin Witz
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- First Hand Films GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Austria
- Polyfilm Verleih Distribution
- Germany
- Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH Distribution
- Switzerland
- Frenetic Films Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2004 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Swiss American Film Festival
05.11.2004 - 11.11.2004 -
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest
11.11.2003 - 16.11.2003 -
Kiev, Kiev International Film Festival Molodist
25.10.2003 - 02.11.2003 -
Locarno, 56. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
06.08.2003 - 16.08.2003 -
Ludwigsburg, 3. Filmfest Stuttgart Ludwigsburg
10.07.2003 - 15.07.2003 -
Sunny Side of the Doc
26.06.2003 - 28.06.2003 -
Munich, 18. Int. Dokumentarfilm Festival München
03.05.2003 - 10.05.2003 -
Tel Aviv, 5th Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
02.04.2003 - 07.04.2003 -
EFM European Film Market
06.02.2003 - 16.02.2003 -
Biarritz, 16ème Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels
21.01.2003 - 26.01.2003
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2003 - 26.01.2003 -
Docs for Sale
22.11.2002 - 29.11.2002