Das Fräuleinwunder
Switzerland, January 2009
FILM,
Fiction,
91 min.
- directed by
- Sabine Boss
- Written by
- Urs Bühler, Maike Franzen
- Status
- In distribution
On her eightieth birthday, a lawyer gives Frida Borel, the wealthy heiress of a textile fortune from St. Gallen, a mysterious pill from the legacy of her father, who died long ago. This miracle pill is supposed to relieve her of the misery and infirmity of old age. The effect is as surprising as it is far-reaching: Frida becomes physically young again, although she remains mentally the same age as before. But who is going to believe a 25-year-old who claims to be 80? Not even her long-time gardener, Roman, recognises her anymore. Suddenly Frida finds herself penniless. After being waited on her whole life, she now has to go to work for a living. And if that were not unsettling enough, her nephew Georg and his greedy wife, Eva, pilfer everything they can from of her villa. Frida has to acknowledge that her closest relatives would literally walk over her dead body if given the chance.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2009
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, colour, 16mm, 91 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-077F-0000-F
- Production
- Abrakadabra Films AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Claudia Wick
- directed by
- Sabine Boss
- Written by
- Urs Bühler, Maike Franzen
- Cinematography
- Felix von Muralt
- Editing
- Benjamin Fueter
- Sound Design
- Ramon Orza
- Re-Recording Mix
- Ramon Orza
- Music
- Marco Agovino
- Location Sound Mix
- Patrick Storck
- Production Design
- Urs Beuter, Catharina Strebel, Chloé Pompon Levainville
- Lighting Design
- Ernst Brunner, Sandro Hofstetter
- Costumes
- Bettina Marx
- Casting
- Ruth Hirschfeld
Cast
Stephanie Glaser
Mona Petri
Lotti Happle
Karin Pfammatter
Oscar Sales Bingisser
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Abrakadabra Films AG
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2009 - 25.01.2009