El Acordeón del Diablo
The Devil's Accordion
Switzerland / Germany, August 2000
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Stefan Schwietert
- Written by
- Stefan Schwietert
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.acordeon.de
This is the story of Pacho Rada, one of the grand old men of Caribbean music. A singer-composer, Rada first held an accordion in his hands at the age of four and has never been without one since. He has spent this entire life travelling from village to village and from fete to fete in his native Colombia, playing and singing for small change. Today at the age of 93 he lives in a hut covered by a corrugated tin roof on the outskirts of the Colombian town of Santa Marta. His songs continue to dominate the hit parade.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2000
- Original Version
- Spanish (german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 90 min.
- Production
- Neapel Film, zero one film GmbH, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
- Producer
- Thomas Kufus
- directed by
- Stefan Schwietert
- Written by
- Stefan Schwietert
- Cinematography
- Ciro Cappellari
- Editing
- Tania Stöcklin
- Music
- Jan Tilman Schade
- Location Sound Mix
- Dieter Meyer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Celluloid Dreams
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
-
Ventura Film
Distribution
Release date: tba - Switzerland
-
Look Now!
Distribution
Release date: tba
Awards
(a selection)
- Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Documentary Film 2001 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Thessaloniki, 11th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
13.03.2009 - 22.03.2009 -
Der Neue Heimatfilm
24.08.2005 - 28.08.2005 -
Sheffield, Sheffield International Documentary Festival
22.10.2001 - 28.10.2001 -
Vancouver, Vancouver International Film Festival
21.09.2001 - 04.10.2001 -
Umea International Short Film Festival
13.09.2001 - 19.09.2001 -
Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Film Festival
06.04.2001 - 21.04.2001 -
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minneapolis/St. Paul Int. Film Festival
06.04.2001 - 21.04.2001 -
Taos Talking Pictures Festival
05.04.2001 - 08.04.2001 -
Mons, Festival International du Film d'Amour de Mons
16.02.2001 - 23.02.2001 -
Gothenburg, Göteborg Film Festival
26.01.2001 - 04.02.2001
-
Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg
25.01.2001 - 28.01.2001 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2001 - 28.01.2001 -
Saarbrücken, 22. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
16.01.2001 - 21.01.2001 -
Documentary Forum
27.11.2000 - 29.11.2000 -
Amsterdam, 13rd International Documentary Film Festival
22.11.2000 - 30.11.2000 -
Docs for Sale
22.11.2000 - 30.11.2000 -
Filmtage Augsburg
15.11.2000 - 22.11.2000 -
London, BFI London Film Festival
01.11.2000 - 15.11.2000 -
Hof, Internationale Hofer Filmtage
25.10.2000 - 29.10.2000 -
Locarno, 53. Festival internazionale del film di Locarno
02.08.2000 - 12.08.2000