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Gambit

Switzerland / Germany, August 2005
FILM, Documentary, 107 min.

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directed by
Sabine Gisiger
Written by
Sabine Gisiger
Status
In distribution
Website
www.dschointventschr.ch

In 1976 a massive explosion at chemicals factory Icmesa in the Italian Seveso had devastating consequences for neighbouring communities and their environment. Icmesa’s parent company was Givaudan, which in turn belonged to Hoffman La Roche, based in Basel. Following the accident, Icmesa’s technical director Jorg Sambeth was charged with failing to keep adequate security measures. During his investigations into the true cause and background to the catastrophe, Sambeth stumbled upon facts that were damaging to those who were paying his lawyers. Yet he is sentenced to five years in prison. How should he take up his grievances with this conglomerate of companies?

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World Premiere
August 2005
Original Version
Italian, French, English, Swiss-German, German,  colour, 35mm, 107 min.
Production
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln
Producer
Karin Koch
directed by
Sabine Gisiger
Written by
Sabine Gisiger
Cinemato­graphy
Reinhard Köcher, Helena Vagnières
Editing
Patricia Wagner
Sound Design
Jürg von Allmen
Re-Recording Mix
Jürg von Allmen
Music
Peter Bräker, Balz Bachmann
Location Sound Mix
Andreas Litmanowitsch, Matteo De Pellegrini

Cast

Jörg Sambeth

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG

Worldwide Distribution

Germany
Real Fiction Filmverleih Distribution
Switzerland
Look Now! Distribution

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