I Was A Swiss Banker
Switzerland, February 2007
FILM,
Fiction,
75 min.
- directed by
- Thomas Imbach
- Written by
- Thomas Imbach, Eva Kammerer, Jürg Hassler
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.thomasimbach.ch
Roger is a young, dashing banker full of boyish self-confidence. He has a highly successful business, smuggling black money across the border for reinvestment. But then a split second reaction changes his entire life. Flagged down one day by a customs officers, Roger loses his cool and makes a run for it. His only means of escape: diving headlong into Lake Constance, thereby catapulting himself out of his life as a banker and into a totally new universe, populated with shy mermaids decked out in Lara Croft gear, and cunning magpie witches in helicopters. As in a Grimm Brothers fairy tale, Roger has to pass three tests to cast off the witch’s curse and find happiness. His underwater journey through an intoxicatingly beautiful Switzerland is enhanced by the enchanting songs of sirens – a fable full of lust for life and love.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2007
- Original Version
- Danish, English, Swedish, Swiss-German, Raeto-Romance, Turkish (english/german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 75 min.
- Production
- Bachim Film
- Producer
- Thomas Imbach
- directed by
- Thomas Imbach
- Written by
- Thomas Imbach, Eva Kammerer, Jürg Hassler
- Cinematography
- Jürg Hassler, Thomas Imbach
- Editing
- Thomas Imbach, Jürg Hassler, Patrizia Stotz
- Music
- Balz Bachmann, Peter Bräker
Cast
Beat Marti
Laura Drasbaek
Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
Sandra Medina
Helena af Sandeberg
Mellika Melani
Angelica Biert
Lale Yavas
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- First Hand Films GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
- Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V. Distribution
- Switzerland
- Pathé Films AG Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
-
Zürich, Filmpreis Stadt Zürich,
Zürcher Filmpreis
2007
(Winner)
Cyril Gfeller
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Buenos Aires, 13° Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente
06.04.2011 - 17.04.2011 -
22. Bozner Filmtage
16.04.2008 - 20.04.2008 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2008 - 27.01.2008 -
Kerala, 12th International Film Festival of Kerala
07.12.2007 - 15.12.2007 -
Locarno, 60. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
01.08.2007 - 11.08.2007 -
Berlin, Internationales Forum des Jungen Films
08.02.2007 - 18.02.2007 -
EFM European Film Market
08.02.2007 - 18.02.2007