Kräuter und Kräfte
Les guérisseurs des Alpes
Switzerland, 1995
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Written by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Status
- In distribution
Returning home to his native Emmental after travelling around the world, Jürg Neuenschwander comes across peoble who are skilled in the art of healing and tend to the sick with herbs and powers even though the law of the canton of Berne still strictly prohibits the practice of healing. Healers have become very popular. Their patients come from all walks of life: nurses, distillers, alpine farmers and computer experts alike approach healers in the hope that they will relieve or even deliver them from their sufferings. Many patients with chronical illnesses view healers as the last resort after traditional doctors have failed to help them.
credits
- World Premiere
- 1995
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, German, colour, 35mm, 90 min.
- Production
- Carac Film AG, Container Film AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Teleclub AG
- Producer
- directed by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Written by
- Jürg Neuenschwander
- Cinematography
- Patrick Lindenmaier
- Editing
- Regina Bärtschi
- Location Sound Mix
- Alain Roulet, Balthasar Jucker
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Carac Film AG , Container Film AG
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Hof, Internationale Hofer Filmtage
23.10.1996 - 27.10.1996 -
17e Rencontres Cinéma et monde rural
12.10.1996 - 20.10.1996 -
Figueira da Foz, 25e Festival international de cinéma
05.09.1996 - 15.09.1996 -
Locarno, 49. Festival internazionale del film
08.08.1996 - 18.08.1996 -
Nyon, 27e Festival Int. du Cinéma Documentaire
15.04.1996 - 21.04.1996 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
16.01.1996 - 21.01.1996