Da Mauthausen a Cremenaga

Von Mauthausen nach Cremenaga

Switzerland, Planned for 2nd quarter 2026
FILM, Documentary, 90 min.

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directed by
Villi Hermann
Written by
Fabio Andina
Status
In production
Website
https://imagofilm.ch/movie_detail.php?id_movie=59

Ticino writer Fabio Andina retraces the return journey of his grandfather, a political prisoner, from Mauthausen Concentration Camp to his home in Cremenaga. 820 kilometres in 45 days. “My grandfather helped Jews, partisans and deserters fleeing Nazism to take refuge in Switzerland. On 5 May 1945, the Mauthausen Concentration Camp was liberated. On 6 July 1945, sixteen months after his arrest, he returned home and never told anyone what had happened to him.”

Lo scrittore ticinese Fabio Andina ripercorre il ritorno di suo nonno, prigioniero politico, dal lager di Mauthausen fino a casa sua, a Cremenaga. 820 km in 45 giorni. "Mio nonno aiutava ebrei, partigiani e disertori in fuga dal nazifascismo a rifugiarsi in Svizzera. Il 5 maggio 1945 il KZ di Mauthausen fu liberato dagli americani. Il 6 luglio 1945, sedici mesi dopo l’arresto, mio nonno fece ritorno a casa e non raccontò mai quel che gli capitò.”

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World Premiere
Planned for 2nd quarter 2026
Original Version
Italian, German (italian/french/german subtitles),  colour and b/w, DCP, 90 min.
ISAN
0000-0007-5352-0000-1-0000-0000-Y
Production
Imagofilm Lugano, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Villi Hermann
directed by
Villi Hermann
Written by
Fabio Andina
Cinemato­graphy
Alberto Meroni, Giada Cappa
Editing
Alberto Meroni, Georgy Goncharov
Sound Design
Marco Viale
Music
Zeno Gabaglio

Cast

Rudolf Popper as Self
Marion Fischer as Self
Michael John as Self
Anna Hackl as Self
Gerhard Geier as Self
Carla Giacomozzi as Self

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