Der Mann auf dem Kirchturm
The man on the Church Spire
L’homme sur le clocher
Switzerland, January 2026
FILM,
Documentary,
80 min.
- directed by
- Edwin Beeler
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.calypsofilm.ch
He is the village chimney sweep, and as a roofer, he loves working on church steeples at dizzying heights. For the boy, his grandfather is a lucky charm and a strong man. He wants to emulate him and learn more about his heritage. But his grandfather's fall from the roof changes everything, and on the filmmaker's thirty-first birthday, an unimaginable suicide occurs. What remains are open questions about intergenerational trauma, about male dominance, female subordination, about one's own identity – and silence.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2026
- Original Version
- Streaminglink, 80 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-63B4-0000-V-0000-0000-I
- Production
- Calypso Film AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Edwin Beeler
- directed by
- Edwin Beeler
- Cinematography
- Daniel Leippert, Edwin Beeler
- Editing
- Mirjam Krakenberger, Edwin Beeler
- Location Sound Mix
- Thomas Horat, Olivier Jean-Richard
- Music
- Oswald Schwander, Albin Brun
- Compositing
- Peter Guyer
- Costumes
- Bernadette Meier
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Calypso Film AG
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Calypso Film AG
Distribution
Release date: 15.01.2025