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Die Schwarzen Brüder

The Black Brothers

Germany / Switzerland, September 2013
FILM, Fiction, 98 min.

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directed by
Xavier Koller
Written by
Klaus Richter, Fritjof Hohagen
Status
In distribution
Website
www.dieschwarzenbrueder-film.ch
For Children

Up to the middle of the 19th century poor Alpine farmers in Ticino sold their children as chimney sweeps in Milan. This is also the fate of the young Giorgio. He has to climb up and down dark chimneys, scraping away the soot with his bare hands. But he doesn’t give up: with his fellow victims, he forms the community of “Black Brothers.” They unite and defend themselves against the abject conditions and the attacks of bands of street urchins in Milan. The film tells the adventurous story of the young chimney sweeps and their spectacular escape back to Switzerland.

credits

World Premiere
September 2013
Original Version
German (french/english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 98 min.
Production
Enigma Film GmbH, ARD Degeto, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Starhaus Filmproduktion GmbH, Herold Productions, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Bayerischer Rundfunk, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
Fritjof Hohagen, Clarens Grollmann, Karin Koch, Rainer Kölmel, Wasiliki Blesser, Wolfgang Herold, Stephan O. Hansch, Alexander Loskant
directed by
Xavier Koller
Written by
Klaus Richter, Fritjof Hohagen (based on a novel by Lisa Tetzner and Kurt Held)
Cinemato­graphy
Felix von Muralt
Editing
Gion-Reto Killias
Sound Design
Max Wanko
Re-Recording Mix
Stefan Korte
Music
Balz Bachmann
Location Sound Mix
Andreas Wölkli
Production Design
Franz Bollinger
Lighting Design
Ernst Brunner
Casting
Anja Dhirberg, Jacqueline Rietz, Amel Soudani

Cast

Fynn Henkel as Giorgio
Oliver Ewy as Alfredo
Ruby O. Fee as Angeletta
Waldemar Cobus as Battista Rossi
Catrin Striebeck as Frau Rossi
Leonardo Nigro as Giorgios Vater
Sabine Timoteo as Giorgios Mutter
Margherita Schoch as Nonna
Richi Müller as Pater Roberto
Javidan Imani as Antonio
Andreas Warnbrunn as Anselmo
Ivo-Imanuel Kortlang as Einäugiger

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Global Screen GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Austria
Constantin Film Verleih Distribution
Release date: 17.04.2014
Germany
Studiocanal GmbH Distribution
Release date: 17.04.2014
Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: 27.02.2014

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