Camenisch – Mit dem Kopf durch die Wand
Switzerland, August 2001
FILM,
Documentary,
87 min.
- directed by
- Daniel von Aarburg
- Written by
- Silvio Huonder-Jenny, Daniel von Aarburg, Fulvio Bernasconi
- Status
- In distribution
Marco Camenisch is currently sitting in a high-security prison in northern Italy. Camenisch was an ecology activist and at the end of the 70's had destroyed power plants in Switzerland, which led to a sensational legal process and a 10-year prison sentence. Following his prison escape in Regensdorf, he was reported missing for years. Marco Camenisch reappeared on the 3rd of December 1989. He visited the gravesite of his father, a customs officer, who had recently passed away. Shortly thereafter, only a few hundred metres from the cemetery, one of his father's colleagues was found murdered. Author Silvio Huonder, from Graubünden and currently living in Berlin, knew Marco Camenisch during their youth. Using Berlin as a starting point, he begins to trace the story of his former compeer. During his journey he meets, among others, Camenisch's accomplices, his mother, the widow of the murdered customs officer – and an entire complexity of tragic entanglements.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2001
- Original Version
- Italian, Swiss-German (german subtitles), colour, Digi Beta, 87 min.
- Production
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Werner Swiss Schweizer
- directed by
- Daniel von Aarburg
- Written by
- Silvio Huonder-Jenny, Daniel von Aarburg, Fulvio Bernasconi
- Cinematography
- Stéphane Kuthy
- Editing
- Matthias Bürcher
- Sound Design
- Jürg von Allmen
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jürg von Allmen
- Music
- Valentin Kessler
- Location Sound Mix
- Hercli Bundi, Marc von Stürler, Ingrid Städeli
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
15.01.2002 - 20.01.2002