Welthund

Switzerland, August 2008
FILM, Fiction, 97 min.

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directed by
Ueli Ackermann
Written by
Barbara Saladin
Status
In distribution

First cinema film from the upper Basle region – the no-budget dialect thriller that gets under the skin. After decades away, Sarah Hirt returns to the village of Rauringen – her childhood village – in the upper Basle region. However, the apparently idyllic rural setting is deceptive: Rauringen has been struck by a mysterious eczema ailment that nobody can explain. The village council is out of its depth, the population is torn between the search for sensation and the fear of death. It is only gradually that the cause of the illness becomes apparent: the figures from old folk legends have returned to the present day. A discovery made in the house of Sarah’s grandfather reveals a dark story from the past.

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World Premiere
August 2008
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, Digi Beta, 97 min.
ISAN
0000-0001-E177-0000-Y
Production
WH-Films
Producer
Barbara Saladin
directed by
Ueli Ackermann
Written by
Barbara Saladin
Cinemato­graphy
Jan Alexander Epple
Editing
Petra Beck
Sound Editing
Patrick Becker
Music
Claude Bärtschi, Mike Bischof
Location Sound Mix
Franz Käslin Jr.
Production Design
Kurt G. I. Walter
Lighting Design
Franz Käslin Jr.
Costumes
Claudia Rhyn, Myrtha Hürbi
Casting
Sandra Moser

Cast

Bea Schneider
Florian Schneider
Sylvia Bossart
Urs Bosshardt
Claude Bärtschi
Léonie Wieland
Ueli Ackermann
Charlotte Heinimann
Roland Herrmann

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