Die Schweizer

Les Suisses
Gli Svizzeri

Six important personalities in Swiss history are at the center of SRG's thematic focus "Die Schweizer" in four exceptional docufiction films. These are people whose actions were historically significant and whose lives provide material for exciting stories.

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World Premiere
November 2013
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, DCP, 208 min.
Production
Triluna Film AG, SRG SSR
Producer
Rudolf Santschi
directed by
Dominique Othenin-Girard
Written by
Christa Capaul, (Die Schlacht am Morgarten) Jacqueline Surchat, (Haudegen und Heiliger) Michael Sauter, (Der General der die Schweiz rettete) Thomas Buomberger, (Der General der die Schweiz rettete) Daniel Howald (Kampf um den Gotthard)
Cinemato­graphy
Thomas Wüthrich
Editing
Christof Schertenleib, Lilo Gerber
Location Sound Mix
Marco Teufen
Re-Recording Mix
Guido Keller
Music
Martin Skalsky, Christian Schlumpf, Michael Duss
Production Design
Susanne Jauch
Lighting Design
Salvatore Piazzitta
Costumes
Catherine Schneider, Cinzia Cioffi
Make up
Cornelia Sacchi, Adrienne Chauliac
Casting
Corinna Glaus, Ruth Hirschfeld

Cast

Michael Neuenschwander as Werner Stauffacher
Jonathan Loosli as Heinrich
Sandra Utzinger as Hanna Stauffacher
Thomas Mathys as Vogt Homberg
Urs Jucker as Abt Johannes von Schwanden
Daniel Rohr as Hans Waldmann
Markus Amrein as Niklaus von Flüe
Regula Grauwiller as Dorothea von Flüe
Peter Jecklin as Heinrich Göldli
Christof Oswald as Heini Amgrund
Michel Voïta as Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Matthias Fankhauser as Ulrich Ochsenbein
Gilles Tschudi as James Fazy
Barbara Tobola as Suzanne Dufour
Samuel Streiff as Constantin Siegwart-Müller
Samuel Weiss as Alfred Escher
Manuel Kühne as Emil Welti
Babett Arens as Mutter Lydia Escher
Roberto Turri as Stefano Franscini

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