Ernstfall in Havanna

Fiction, 86 min.

Title E:	Crisis in Havana
Title F:	Micmac à la Havane

by Sabine Boss

Switzerland, March 2002

The story of Stefan Balsiger, a congenial, average Swiss man and councillor to the embassy, who accompanies a US senator on his mission in Cuba. He makes a botch of so many things that a minor blunder by the Senator turns into a serious incident which intensifies into a second Cuban crisis – thanks to further entanglements by the media, police and diplomats who represent the arch-enemies USA and Cuba. Only one person can eventually solve the crisis: Stefan Balsiger himself. As a young diplomat, Balsiger had once dreamed of standing on the stage of world politics. But as the unfortunate series of events in Cuba lead him to that very position, he only wants one thing: to exit from the limelight as quickly as possible.

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Directed by: Sabine Boss
Written by: Domenico Blass, Viktor Giacobbo ((in collaboration with Sabine Boss))

World Premiere: March 2002
Original Version: Swiss-German/English/Spanish, colour, 35mm, 86 min.

Production: Vega Film AG

Cinematography: Roland Schmid
Editing: Bernhard Lehner
Sound: Luc Yersin
Sound Design: Jürg von Allmen
Rerecording Sound Mix: Jürg von Allmen
Music: Balz Bachmann, Peter Bräker
Art Direction: Susanne Jauch