Grauzone
Switzerland, 1979
FILM,
Fiction,
101 min.
- directed by
- Fredi M. Murer
- Written by
- Fredi M. Murer
- Status
- In distribution
Without knowing it, Alfred and Julia live in a land of pure invention. It is the richest and most beautiful land in the world. From a height, this land looks like a piece of felt, from close up like a clean and tiny park. The footpaths are lined with benches and the streets with banks. Alfred and Julia have been married for 8 years, are childless, and live on the 16th floor of a new building. Thanks to their various crises, they have got to know each other somewhat better, but their most outstanding characteristic remains their mediocrity. On Friday, August 12th 1977, a mysterious epidemic breaks out in their country. The mass media ensure that the news is widely broadcast. The authorities order a ban on information, but those concerned break their imposed silence. On Sunday evening, it becomes known that the epidemic was nomore than a kind of "dress rehearsal" for a real emergency. Alfred and Julia continue to live in a land of pure invention - but now they are conscious of the fact.
credits
- World Premiere
- 1979
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, German (english subtitles), s/w, 16mm, 101 min.
- Production
- Langfilm - Bernard Lang AG, Nemo Film
- Producer
- directed by
- Fredi M. Murer
- Written by
- Fredi M. Murer
- Cinematography
- Hans Liechti
- Editing
- Rainer M. Trinkler
- Music
- Beo Oertli, Mario Beretta
- Location Sound Mix
- Florian Eidenbenz
Cast
Olga Piazza
Walo Lüönd
Janet Haufler
Mathias Gnädinger
Ernst Stiefel
Michael Massen
Giovanni Früh
Peter Siegenthaler
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Fredi M. Murer
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Locarno, 72° Locarno Film Festival
07.08.2019 - 17.08.2019 -
Fünf-Seen-Land, 6. Fünf Seen Filmfestival
26.07.2012 - 05.08.2012 -
Neuchâtel, 10th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
04.07.2010 - 11.07.2010