Die 6. Klasse
Switzerland, August 1999
FILM,
Documentary,
53 min.
- directed by
- Eric Bergkraut
- Written by
- Eric Bergkraut
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.sfdrs.ch/dok
When parents and students discuss the situation in Swiss schools today, the subject often brings powerful emotions to the surface. Everyone thinks they have the answers to the various problems, particularly the problem of classes that have a high percentage of children from foreign language backgrounds. The Swiss People's Party (SVP) plans to call a referendum, in the hopes of separating the Swiss children from immigrant and refugee children. The reality in Switzerland's multicultural schools is quite different however from what the clichés would have people believe. Not infrequently the foreigners perform brilliantly, even qualifying for the upper stream (Gymnasium). The film introduces us to one particular class, at Zurich's Nordstrasse school, serving up a slice of inner-city life that is full of contrasts.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 1999
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, colour, Digi Beta, 53 min.
- Production
- SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- directed by
- Eric Bergkraut
- Written by
- Eric Bergkraut
- Cinematography
- Peter Hammann
- Editing
- Vendula Roudnicka
- Location Sound Mix
- Martin Witz, Jens-Peter Rövekamp
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
18.01.2000 - 23.01.2000