Fremds Land
Fiction, 108 min.
by Luke Gasser
Switzerland, March 2003
When young Sara stumbles upon a bundle of old letters and drawings, she finds herself transported back to the 19th Century world of her ancestor David. 1810. David is a young conscript returning home from Napoleon's brutal Russian campaign. Forced to recognise that he has no future at home in the Swiss countryside, he sets off for North America in the hope of a better life, but he never forgets the homeland. Set between the dramatic context of the Napoleonic wars and the mass exodus that followed in the years after to America, “Fremds Land” is a film about emigration and homesickness, about the universal need to create a better life, wherever that may be.
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Directed by:
Luke Gasser
Written by:
Luke Gasser
World Premiere: March 2003
Original Version:
Swiss-German/German/English (german subtitles), colour,
35mm,
108 min.
Production:
Filmwerk.ch GmbH, Sascha Klement, Bruno Gasser
Producer:
Reinhard J. Steiner, Luke Gasser
Executive Producer:
Reinhard J. Steiner
Cinematography:
Roger Brülisauer
Editing:
Reinhard J. Steiner
Sound:
Tino Erni
Music:
Luke Gasser
Animation:
Peter Hossfeld
Lighting:
Roger Brülisauer
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- Luke Gasser
- Bruno Gasser
- Karisa Meyer
- Gerhard Halter
- Marcel Imfeld
- as a.o.
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World Rights:
Filmwerk.ch GmbH
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Distribution Switzerland:
Frenetic Films
