Meier 19
Switzerland, August 2001
FILM,
Documentary,
98 min.
- directed by
- Erich Schmid
- Written by
- Erich Schmid
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.meier19.ch
1963: The money for wages is stolen from Zurich's main police station. It could only be an inside job. Policeman Meier 19, thinks the head of the crime sqaud is the chief suspect. After Meier 19 discovers the latter has given a fake alibi, his life falls apart like a classical tragedy: he is imprisoned, his wife demands a divorce and his friends adandon him. The youth movement of 1968 support Meier 19 who becomes a symbol of the battle against the established order.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2001
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, colour und s/w, 35mm, 98 min.
- Production
- Ariadnefilm GmbH
- Producer
- directed by
- Erich Schmid
- Written by
- Erich Schmid
- Cinematography
- Pio Corradi
- Editing
- Katrin Oettli, Erich Schmid
- Music
- Toni Vescoli
- Location Sound Mix
- Dieter Meyer, Jens-Peter Rövekamp
- Animation
- Ueli Nüesch
- Lighting Design
- Ernst Brunner
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Ariadnefilm GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Rialto Film AG
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Sunny Side of the Doc
27.06.2002 - 29.06.2002 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
15.01.2002 - 20.01.2002 -
Locarno, 54. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
02.08.2001 - 12.08.2001