Epoca
Switzerland, February 2002
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Andreas Hoessli, Isabella Huser
- Written by
- Andreas Hoessli
- Status
- In distribution
What goes down in history? What will be remembered; what shapes the contours of an epoch? The 20th century: Pictures, dredged up from the remains of history. Historical events re-staged for the future. Fragments, memories, unpublished documents are intertwined, colliding with and contradicting one another. The result is a new portrayal, a dimension of authentic proximity. The journey through time touches upon the genesis of the atomic bomb, military trials at the end of the war, the functional workings of the lie detector, the discovery of the Majdanek death camp. Einstein speaks, as does the embalmer of Lenin, the KGB agent, and the presumed US spy who made a new life in the Soviet Union. A report based on a dialogue with F., a soldier in the war in ex-Yugoslavia.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2002
- Original Version
- English, Polish, Russian, German, Croatian (german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 90 min.
- Production
- Espaces Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- directed by
- Andreas Hoessli, Isabella Huser
- Written by
- Andreas Hoessli
- Cinematography
- Matthias Kälin
- Editing
- Isabella Huser, Andreas Hoessli, Kamal Musale
- Music
- Peter Scherer
- Location Sound Mix
- Kamal Musale
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Espaces Film GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH Distribution
Festivals
(a selection)
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Trencianske, International Film Festival Trencianske Tepice
20.06.2003 - 28.06.2003 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2003 - 26.01.2003 -
Saarbrücken, 24. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
13.01.2003 - 19.01.2003 -
Amsterdam, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
21.11.2002 - 01.12.2002 -
Vancouver, Vancouver International Film Festival
26.09.2002 - 11.10.2002 -
Berlin, Internationales Forum des Jungen Films
06.02.2002 - 17.02.2002