Le mele
Le mele (The Apples)
Le mele (Die Äpfel)
Switzerland, September 2024
FILM,
Fiction,
27 min.
- directed by
- Loris Mazzeo
- Written by
- Ole Lohmann, Loris Mazzeo
- Status
- In distribution
It's Christmas in Switzerland, only the Christmas tree with the apples is still missing. Suddenly the youngest grandson Mariu asks: “Why are there apples on the Christmas tree?”. The story takes us back to 1943, in the middle of the Second World War. To ensure the family's survival, Mariu's father decides to make a deal with the Wehrmacht. That Christmas Eve, two men have an interesting encounter.
credits
- World Premiere
- September 2024
- Original Version
- Italian, Swiss-German (english/german subtitles), colour and b/w, DCP, 27 min.
- Production
- Visual Turn (VNB), Tyro Media Group GmbH Film Video Produktion
- Producer
- Loris Mazzeo
- directed by
- Loris Mazzeo
- Written by
- Ole Lohmann, Loris Mazzeo
- Cinematography
- Ivan Sokolov, Liri Ratkoceri
- Editing
- Loris Mazzeo
- Location Sound Mix
- Denis Mazzeo
- Re-Recording Mix
- Sunny Estafanous
- Music
- Peter Sandberg, Jo Wandrini, David Celeste, Magnus Ludvigsson, Trevor Kowalski, Franz Gordon
- Lighting Design
- Loris Renner
- Costumes
- Tiziana Benvenuti
- Make up
- Michele Uster
Cast
Artan Morina as Piero
Caroline Felber as Mariu
Denis Mazzeo as Antonio
Chantal Casutt as Tonia
Tobias Stiefel as Wehrmacht Soldat
Nic Hofmann as Hans
Sergej Tratar Baamonde as Partisane
Heinz Kuratle as Wehrmacht Soldat
Nevio Randone as Enkel
Lorena Hasler
Mark Hasler as Jüdische Familie
Fabienne Müller
Angelina Müller as Lehrerin
Maurizio Zito as Dorfbewohner
Stefan Karkosch as Schutzstaffel SS
Patrick Fürst as Schutzstaffel SS
Romi Blumer as Tonia Mutter
Mina Yurdaner as Greta
Lena Schär as Mariu Kind
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Visual Turn (VNB)