Die Reise nach Kafiristan
The Journey to Kafiristan
Germany / Switzerland / Netherlands, August 2001
FILM,
Fiction,
90 min.
- directed by
- Fosco Dubini, Donatello Dubini
- Written by
- Fosco Dubini, Donatello Dubini, Barbara Marx
- Status
- In distribution
In 1939, the author Annemarie Schwarzenbach and ethnologist Ella Maillart travel together by car to Kabul, but each is in pursuit of her own project. Annemarie Schwarzenbach, who was among Erika and Klaus Mann's circle of friends in the 30's, is searching for a place of refuge in the Near East to discover her own self. Ella Maillart justifies her restlessness, her need for movement and travel, with a scientific pretext: she would like to explore the mysterious Kafiristan Valley and “make a name” for herself with publications on the archaic life of the nomads living there. Both women are on the run, but political developments and their own biographies catch up with them again and again. Their mutual journey through the outside world, which runs from Geneva via the Balkans and Turkey to Persia, is compounded by the inner world of emotions with a tender love story. As both women arrive in Kabul, the Second World War breaks out and puts an end to their plans.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2001
- Original Version
- German (english subtitles), colour, 35mm, 90 min.
- Production
- Dubini Filmproduktion, ZDF/ARTE, Tre Valli Filmproduktion, Artcam The Nederlands
- Producer
- directed by
- Fosco Dubini, Donatello Dubini
- Written by
- Fosco Dubini, Donatello Dubini, Barbara Marx
- Cinematography
- Matthias Kälin
- Location Sound Mix
- Tom Weber
- Lighting Design
- Ernst Brunner
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Media Luna Entertainment
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
- Real Fiction Filmverleih Distribution
- Netherlands
- Contact Film Distribution
- Switzerland
- Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Festivals
(a selection)
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Frameline International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
17.06.2004 - 27.06.2004 -
Trencianske, International Film Festival Trencianske Tepice
20.06.2003 - 28.06.2003 -
Braunschweig, 16. Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig
06.11.2002 - 11.11.2002 -
Rencontres internationales de cinéma à Paris
30.10.2002 - 10.11.2002 -
Festival do Rio
26.09.2002 - 10.10.2002 -
Chicago Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
25.07.2002 - 08.08.2002 -
Jerusalem Film Festival
18.07.2002 - 27.07.2002 -
Outfest
11.07.2002 - 22.07.2002 -
Brisbane International Film Festival
09.07.2002 - 21.07.2002 -
Moscow, Moscow International Film Festival
21.06.2002 - 30.06.2002
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Cannes, 55e Festival de Cannes
15.05.2002 - 26.05.2002 -
Cannes, Marché du film Cannes
15.05.2002 - 25.05.2002 -
San Francisco, San Francisco Int. Film Festival
18.04.2002 - 02.05.2002 -
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis/St. Paul Int. Film Festival
06.04.2002 - 21.04.2002 -
Mar del Plata, Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata
07.03.2002 - 16.03.2002 -
EFM European Film Market
06.02.2002 - 17.02.2002 -
Gothenburg, Göteborg Film Festival
25.01.2002 - 04.02.2002 -
Rotterdam, International Film Festival Rotterdam
23.01.2002 - 03.02.2002 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
15.01.2002 - 20.01.2002 -
Palm Springs, Palm Springs International Film Festival
10.01.2002 - 21.01.2002 -
Sao Paulo, 25e Festival International de Film
19.10.2001 - 01.11.2001 -
Montreal, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal
11.10.2001 - 21.10.2001 -
Cannes, MIPCOM
08.10.2001 - 12.10.2001 -
Hamburg, 9. Filmfest Hamburg
24.09.2001 - 30.09.2001 -
Locarno, 54. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
02.08.2001 - 12.08.2001