Gehrig kommt!

Here Comes Gehrig!

Switzerland, June 2008
FILM, Fiction, 15 min.

Save as Favorite

directed by: Marc Schippert
Written by: André Küttel
Status: In distribution

Paul Oswald is mighty proud of his bomb shelter in the basement. Bigger built than federal regulations! Something the gentleman from the Departement of Civil Defence is happy to hear and assigns Mr. Gehrig, his neighbor, to the shelter. Oswald can't stand him – the thought of having to put up with Gehrig in his prized bomb shelter in the case of a nuclear war starts to drive him insane and he is determined to fight the evil Departement of Civil Defence by all means. In the end he loses everything and dies alone in his beloved bomb shelter. It turns out that Gehrig wouldn't have shown up anyway as he's moving to Burgundy.

credits

World Premiere: June 2008
Original Version: Swiss-German, colour, Beta SP, 15 min.
ISAN: 0000-0002-0331-0000-F
Production: Kontraproduktion AG
Producer
directed by: Marc Schippert
Written by: André Küttel
Cinematography: Jonas Furrer
Editing: Marc Schippert
Re-Recording Mix: Eric Wildbolz
Music: Diego Baldenweg
Location Sound Mix: René Alfeld
Production Design: Alexandra Sachs
Costumes: Alexandra Sachs

Cast

Philippe Nauer
Ruth Schwegler
Monica Gubser
Jürg C. Maier
Hans Ruchti

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights: Kontraproduktion AG

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland: Kontraproduktion AG Distribution
Release date: tba

Awards

(a selection)

Landshut, Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Publikumspreis (2. Platz) 2009 (Winner)
Luzern, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Short Film 2009 (Nomination)

Festivals