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Per un raggio di gloria

Leiden für ein bisschen Ruhm

Switzerland, 1996
FILM, Documentary, 68 min.

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directed by
Villi Hermann
Status
In distribution

Cycling and poetry, titled a Swiss Italian newspaper. The film uses a poetic sports commentary by the famous Swiss Italian poet Alberto Nessi who likes personally cycling and his text is spoken by the well-known Italian actor Omero Antonutti. The film fellows the young polish racing team during their preparations in Poland, the very flat landscape and their arrival in the Swiss hills. But we also fellow the highly professionals from Belgium, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and others during the World championship in Lugano, Switzerland.
We do have interviews with the Spanish cook and journalist in the documentary also. The documentary shows not only the official races but also the preparations of young raiders of different teams, the training of various professional raiders, the women and men’s competitions and some little and amusing stories happening beside and during the big event.
We are the only film crew who filmed the accident of Alex Zülle when he fall down.
The documentary shows not only the winner like Barbara Heeb, Alex Zülle or Johan Museeuw, Michele Bartoli, Tony Rominger, Giuliano Figueras, Luca Sironi, Andreas Kloeden, Mauro Gianetti, but also the outsiders.

Il documentario nasce dall’incontro di due progetti: quello dello stesso Hermann di filmare gli outsider dei mondiali di ciclismo di Lugano e quello della TSI di dare l’incarico ad un cineasta di realizzare un film sul mondiale con un occhio “soggettivo”, lontano da quello delle telecronache sportive. I protagonisti non sono solo Barbara Heeb, Alex Zülle o Mauro Gianetti, ma anche i giovani corridori polacchi che cercano nel ciclismo un’alternativa alla miniera o alla fabbrica, le giornaliste sportive che si fanno strada in un mondo finora riservato agli uomini, il personale tecnico delle squadre, come anche lo spettatore che vive l’emozione della gara da vero e proprio protagonista, spostandosi in camper da un circuito all’altro. I testi del poeta e scrittore Alberto Nessi, sono affidati alla lettura dell’attore Omero Antonutti.

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World Premiere
1996
Original Version
Italian,  colour, 68 min.
Production
Imagofilm Lugano
Producer
directed by
Villi Hermann
Cinemato­graphy
Felix von Muralt
Editing
Rainer M. Trinkler
Music
Christian Gilardi
Location Sound Mix
Villi Hermann

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World Rights
Imagofilm Lugano

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