Le mele

Le mele (The Apples)
Le mele (Die Äpfel)

Switzerland, September 2024
FILM, Fiction, 27 min.

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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.

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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

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