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Klingenhof

My Courtyard
Klingenhof
Court intérieure
Il mio cortile

Switzerland, January 2005
FILM, Documentary, 85 min.

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directed by
Beatrice Michel
Written by
Beatrice Michel, Hans Stürm
Status
In distribution

Klingenhof: A courtyard in a part of Zurich which is inhabited by “all nations”; domicile of the authors; a film spontaneously grown out of the idea, Why not start a project just in front of one's own door? Meeting faces, destinies, by chance, following the word of Claudio Magris, Any place can be the centre of the world. Of course there are at once questions about the origins of the inhabitants, about feeling homesick, being well or not in a foreign country, about how comes you feel at home, generally, at a certain place or not. Friendships are beginning to arise, faces become familiar. Young and old people look for adventures of their own in the courtyard, one arrives, one goes and turns back, maybe one leaves forever. The work on the film was overshaded by the premature death of Hans Stürm, both companion and cameraman.

Un cortile interno nel Kreis 5 di Zurigo, abitato da persone di culture diverse fra cui anche gli autori. Un progetto nato da un lampo improvviso: perché non girare un film davanti a casa propria? Cogliere ciò che succede, fissare storie, volti, destini, rifarsi liberamente al motto di Claudio Magri «Ogni luogo può essere il centro della terra». Ecco porsi, inevitabile, il quesito delle origini, dell’essere privi di una terra affettiva, estranei fra estranei; ecco nascere amicizie, ecco che il vicino non è più solo una sagoma indistinta fra le tante. C’è chi arriva e chi parte; bambini, giovani, vecchi trovano ognuno le proprie avventure nel cortile e nei dintorni. Le riprese sono state intristite dalla morte prematura del compagno e cameraman Hans Stürm.

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World Premiere
January 2005
Original Version
Swiss-German, German (german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 85 min.
Production
Filmkollektiv Zürich AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
directed by
Beatrice Michel
Written by
Beatrice Michel, Hans Stürm
Cinemato­graphy
Hans Stürm, Otmar Schmid
Editing
Marlies Graf Dätwyler, Rainer M. Trinkler
Location Sound Mix
Beatrice Michel

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Filmkollektiv Zürich AG

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution

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