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Switzerland, February 1999
FILM, Documentary, 84 min.

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directed by
Kaspar Kasics
Written by
Kaspar Kasics, Stefan Mächler
Status
In distribution

For the first time since the events, they have a chance to confront each other: Charles Sonabend and Fritz Straub, Sabine Sonabend and Sister Anne-Marie. Some 50 years earlier Straub was responsible for the Swiss border post at which the Sonabend family was deported to Germany, into the hands of the Nazis. The sisters at the local nunnery followed to the letter the instructions they received from the local police chief, Heinrich Rothmund. A moment of truth for the survivors on both sides, for both persecutors and the persecuted. A moment also of surprise for the Popowski family, who had been personally welcomed at the border by Rothmund in the same period. The fate of the Sonabend family is closely linked with that of the Popowskis, in a way that Heinrich Rothmund could never have guessed.

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World Premiere
February 1999
Original Version
French, German (french/german subtitles),  colour and b/w, 35mm, 84 min.
Production
eXtra-Film, eXtra-Film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Teleclub AG
Producer
Brigitte Hofer
directed by
Kaspar Kasics
Written by
Kaspar Kasics, Stefan Mächler
Cinemato­graphy
Matthias Kälin
Editing
Myriam Flury, Kaspar Kasics
Re-Recording Mix
Denis Séchaud
Music
Mich Gerber
Location Sound Mix
Laurent Barbey
Lighting Design
Ernst Brunner

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World Sales
First Hand Films GmbH

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