Guets Neus
The Singing Beautiful And Ugly
Die singenden Schönen, Wüsten und Schön-Wüsten
Switzerland, September 2011
FILM,
Documentary,
83 min.
- directed by
- Thomas Lüchinger
- Status
- In distribution
With the ringing of bells and yodelling on New Year’s Eve, the ugly, the beautiful, and the beautifully ugly “Sylvesterkläuse” in the canton of Appenzell uphold an annual tradition of making the transition from the old year into the new. Wearing awe-inspiring masks, elaborate headdresses and costumes, these figures go from house to house singing and dancing, thereby cultivating an ancient St. Nicolas custom whose origins are hidden in obscurity. In the fierceness of this custom one can perhaps detect vestiges of earlier defiance against authority.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2011
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, colour, Digital HD, 83 min.
- Production
- Roses for you film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Thomas Lüchinger
- directed by
- Thomas Lüchinger
- Cinematography
- Thomas Lüchinger, Fabian Kimoto
- Editing
- Ruth Schläpfer
- Sound Editing
- Ruth Schläpfer
- Sound Design
- Ephrem Lüchinger, Manuel Rindlisbacher
- Re-Recording Mix
- Ephrem Lüchinger, Manuel Rindlisbacher
- Location Sound Mix
- Werner Graf, Thomas Lüchinger, Catherine de Clercq
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Roses for you film
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Roses for you film
Distribution
Release date: 15.09.2011
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2012 - 26.01.2012