Fremds Land

Switzerland, March 2003
FILM, Fiction, 108 min.

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directed by
Luke Gasser
Written by
Luke Gasser
Status
In distribution
Website
www.fremdsland.ch

When young Sara stumbles upon a bundle of old letters and drawings, she finds herself transported back to the 19th Century world of her ancestor David. 1810. David is a young conscript returning home from Napoleon's brutal Russian campaign. Forced to recognise that he has no future at home in the Swiss countryside, he sets off for North America in the hope of a better life, but he never forgets the homeland. Set between the dramatic context of the Napoleonic wars and the mass exodus that followed in the years after to America, “Fremds Land” is a film about emigration and homesickness, about the universal need to create a better life, wherever that may be.

credits

World Premiere
March 2003
Original Version
English, Swiss-German, German (german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 108 min.
Production
Filmwerk.ch GmbH, Sascha Klement, Bruno Gasser
Producer
Reinhard J. Steiner, Luke Gasser
directed by
Luke Gasser
Written by
Luke Gasser
Editing
Reinhard J. Steiner
Music
Luke Gasser
Animation
Peter Hossfeld

Cast

Luke Gasser
Bruno Gasser

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Filmwerk.ch GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution

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