SWISS FILMS

SWISS FILMS

Höhenfeuer

Höhenfeuer

Fiction, 100 min.
Coproduction with Swiss director

Title E:Alpine Fire
Title F:L'âme soeur
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by Fredi M. Murer

Switzerland / Germany, August 1985

“Höhenfeuer” is both a story of childhood and of a love affair: The deaf-born “Bub” and his sister “Belli” live with their parents on a remote farm in the mountains. The father intentionally resists the modern age: “I'd rather beat him to death than put him in a home”. After school Belli is not only a servant in her own home but also her younger brother's teacher. From early childhood, they have been an inseparable pair. They love one another. “Holy Mother of God, what sort of children have I?” wails the resigned mother, when the two children do things that are not “normal”. This is just the beginning of the story… Had the film been made 100 years ago – it would have been a saga.

 

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Directed by: Fredi M. Murer
Written by: Fredi M. Murer

World Premiere: August 1985
Original Version: German/Swiss-German, colour, 35mm, 100 min.

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Production: Bernard Lang AG, Alfred Richterich, Walter Schoch, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln

Cinematography: Pio Corradi
Editing: Helena Gerber
Location Sound Mix: Florian Eidenbenz
Sound Editing: Florian Eidenbenz
Sound Design: Florian Eidenbenz
Music: Mario Beretta
Art Direction: Bernhard Sauter, Edith Peyer

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Thomas Nock
 
Johanna Lier
 
Dorothea Moritz
 
Rolf Illig
 
Tilli Breidenbach
 
Jörg Odermatt
 

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World Rights: Bernard Lang AG

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Distribution Switzerland: Lang Filmverleih

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  • Locarno, Festival del film Locarno, Pardo d'Oro 1985

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