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Der Verdingbub

The Foster Boy
L'enfance volée
Vite rubate

Switzerland / Germany, November 2011
FILM, Fiction, 108 min.

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directed by
Markus Imboden
Written by
Plinio Bachmann, Jasmine Hoch
Status
In distribution
Website
www.verdingbub.ch

Max is an orphan who has been hired out to a farmer’s family. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.

L’orfano Max è stato appaltato a una famiglia di contadini. I genitori affidatari lo trattano come un animale da soma, e il loro figlio lo umilia in continuazione. L’unica cosa che nessuno può rubargli è suonare l’organetto. Quando la nuova insegnante intercede per lui, la vita di Max non può che peggiorare. Tutto ciò che può tenerlo in vita è l’amicizia di Berteli, anche lei una bambina in appalto. Insieme a lei sogna l’Argentina, un mondo fantasioso, dove addirittura i forconi sono d’argento.

credits

World Premiere
November 2011
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, 35mm, 108 min.
ISAN
0000-0002-E8BD-0000-1-0000-0000-Y
Production
C-FILMS AG, Bremedia Produktion GmbH
Producer
Peter Reichenbach, Claudia Schröder
directed by
Markus Imboden
Written by
Plinio Bachmann, Jasmine Hoch (in collaboration with)
Cinemato­graphy
Peter von Haller
Editing
Ursula Höf
Sound Editing
Tom Weber
Re-Recording Mix
Malte Zurbonsen
Music
Ben Jeger
Location Sound Mix
Tom Weber
Production Design
Marion Schramm, Andi Schrämli
Lighting Design
Michael Beitz
Costumes
Claudia Flütsch
Casting
Ruth Hirschfeld, Corinna Glaus

Cast

Katja Riemann as Bösigerin
Stefan Kurt as Bösiger
Max Simonischek as Jakob
Max Hubacher as Max
Lisa Brand as Berteli
Miriam Stein as Esther
Andreas Matti as Hasslinger
Christoph Gaugler as Störmetzger
Ursina Lardi as Mutter Dürrer

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Global Screen GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Germany
Ascot Elite Entertainment Distribution
Release date: 25.10.2012
Switzerland
Ascot Elite Entertainment Distribution
Release date: tba

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