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.

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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.

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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

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World Rights
Calypso Film AG

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Calypso Film AG Distribution

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