Herzstark
Switzerland, November 2010
FILM,
Documentary,
62 min.
- directed by
- Kuno Bont
- Written by
- Gertrud Pinkus, Kuno Bont
- Status
- In distribution
Curt Herzstark comes from Vienna, is half Jewish and the inventor of the first pocket calculator, a worldwide sensation. In the midst of the chaos of war he lands in the Buchenwald concentration camp, where he manages to save other prisoners’ lives and survive. After the war he is brought by the Prince of Liechtenstein into the country to initiate a showcase company for the industrialization of that small country. Herzstark produces his pocket calculators, becomes something of a miniature Messiah in the country and turns farmers into highly gifted precision mechanics. However, he eventually loses in the electronic race, losing his family as well.
credits
- World Premiere
- November 2010
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, German, colour and b/w, Digi Beta, 62 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-338E-0000-N-0000-0000-5
- Production
- Tukan Film Productions Werdenberg GmbH
- Producer
- Kuno Bont
- directed by
- Kuno Bont
- Written by
- Gertrud Pinkus, Kuno Bont
- Cinematography
- Daniel Schierscher
- Editing
- Daniel Schierscher, Jens Weber
- Sound Editing
- Daniel Schierscher
- Sound Design
- Paul Winter
- Re-Recording Mix
- Daniel Schierscher
- Music
- Paul Winter
- Location Sound Mix
- Jens Weber
- Production Design
- Kuno Bont
- Lighting Design
- Alexander Schwendinger
- Costumes
- Kuno Bont
- Casting
- Kuno Bont
Cast
Stefan Suske
Ingo Ospelt
Thomas Hassler
Hanno Dreher
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Tukan Film Productions Werdenberg GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Tukan Film Productions Werdenberg GmbH
Distribution
Release date: tba