Die Nacht ist heller als der Tag

Switzerland / Germany, January 2007
FILM, Documentary, 87 min.

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directed by
Heinz Bütler
Written by
Heinz Bütler
Status
In distribution
Website
www.nzzfilm.ch

Swiss artist Andreas Walser died March 19, 1930, presumably from an overdose of drugs. A mere 18 months lie between his leaving Chur to go to Paris and his premature death. Almost all of Walser’s written and painted oeuvre was created during this brief interlude. Much of his work is lost, but in the early 1980s a significant find was made in a Parisian attic flat – almost 200 works as well as manuscripts, letters and other documents.

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World Premiere
January 2007
Original Version
German,  colour, DVD, 87 min.
Production
NZZ Film, 3sat, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
Wolfgang Frei
directed by
Heinz Bütler
Written by
Heinz Bütler
Cinemato­graphy
Matthias Kälin
Editing
Anja Bombelli
Sound Design
Jürg von Allmen
Re-Recording Mix
Jürg von Allmen
Location Sound Mix
Martin Witz

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NZZ Film

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
NZZ Film Distribution
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