Gramper und Bosse – Bahngeschichten
Gramper and Bosse – Tales Of The Railways
Des monteurs de voies et des chefs – histoires ferroviaires
Operai e boss – Storie di ferrovia
Switzerland, January 2005
FILM,
Documentary,
84 min.
- directed by
- Edwin Beeler
- Written by
- Edwin Beeler
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.calypsofilm.ch
A film about my parents and about how much times have changed. My father made a living on the railways for 44 years, while my mother worked as a cook for a group of railway workers. Nowadays, those kind of livelihoods no longer exist, as the railways have been restructured and automated. The classic “railway mentality” is over. As my parents travel back to the region where they once worked, memories of their past flood back. On the way, they meet today's railway workers, whose working life could not be more different to theirs. If you want to survive, you have to move with the times.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2005
- Original Version
- Italian, Swiss-German, German (italian/french subtitles), colour, 35mm, 84 min.
- Production
- Calypso Film AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Edwin Beeler
- directed by
- Edwin Beeler
- Written by
- Edwin Beeler
- Cinematography
- Hansueli Schenkel, Urs Kohler, Edwin Beeler
- Editing
- Edwin Beeler
- Location Sound Mix
- Olivier JeanRichard, Balthasar Jucker, Andreas Litmanowitsch
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Calypso Film AG
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Calypso Film AG Distribution
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Nyon, 11. Visions du réel - Festival international de cinéma
18.04.2005 - 24.04.2005 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
24.01.2005 - 30.01.2005