Drama am Gauligletscher
Drama On The Gauli Glacier
Drame au glacier Gauli
Switzerland / Germany, November 2011
FILM,
Documentary,
52 min.
- directed by
- Cristina Karrer, Patricia Wagner
- Written by
- Cristina Karrer, Patricia Wagner, Marc Brasse
- Status
- In distribution
In 1946 a Dakota with American generals and their wives on board takes off from Vienna in the direction of Pisa. A storm forces the pilots to fly blind around the Swiss mountain peaks. The plane crashes on the Gauli glacier, triggering the most spectacular alpine rescue operation ever seen. American tanks arrive in Meiringen to conquer the glacier. But the Swiss press on, and a small alpine troupe climbs the mountain under the most difficult conditions. A Fieseler Fi156 Stork lands on the ice for the very first time, heralding the birth of the Rega. And Switzerland suddenly becomes the focal point of the world press.
credits
- World Premiere
- November 2011
- Original Version
- English, Swiss-German, German, colour, HD Cam, 52 min.
- Production
- C-FILMS AG, Spiegel TV GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Dakota Motion Pictures AG
- Producer
- Anita Wasser
- directed by
- Cristina Karrer, Patricia Wagner
- Written by
- Cristina Karrer, Patricia Wagner, Marc Brasse (also directed reenactment)
- Cinematography
- Michael Saxer, Bernd Zühlke
- Editing
- Patricia Wagner, Uli Weinlein
- Sound Design
- George Kochbeck
- Music
- George Kochbeck
- Location Sound Mix
- Balthasar Jucker, Jan Thormälen
- Production Design
- Karin Oyewusi, Sara B. Weingart
- Lighting Design
- Till Schlatter, Marcel Burch
- Costumes
- Lilli Krakenberger
- Casting
- Corinna Glaus
Cast
Ralph Gassmann as Captain Tate
Stephan Bürgi as Victor Hug
Catriona Guggenbühl as Marguerite Tate
Mathis Künzler as Carroll Harvey
Aaron Hitz as Seargant Wayne Folsom
Janika Imwinkelried as Mary Alice McMahon
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Spiegel TV GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- C-FILMS AG Distribution
Festivals
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