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A Synagogue In The Hills

A Synagogue In The Hills

Documentary, 139 min.

Title F:Une synagogue à la campagne
Title G:Eine Synagoge zwischen Tal und Hügel
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by Franz Rickenbach

Switzerland, December 1999

Through the life stories of the last seven members of the Israelite community of Delémont, the film shows the slow but inexorable dying out of the last Jewish countryside community in French-speaking Switzerland and the story of their small but beautiful synagogue.

 

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Directed by: Franz Rickenbach
Written by: Franz Rickenbach

World Premiere: December 1999
Original Version: French/German (german/french subtitles), colour and b/w, 35mm, 139 min.

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Production: I-Magus Filmproduktion GmbH, SRG SSR, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera

Cinematography: Pio Corradi
Editing: Franz Rickenbach, Daniel Gibel, Mirjam Krakenberger, Dieter Lengacher
Sound: Dieter Lengacher
Music: Antoine Auberson
Lighting: Pio Corradi

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World Rights: Camera Obscura

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Distribution Switzerland: Camera Obscura

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  • Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Prize, Best Documentary 2000 (Nomination)

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