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Höhenfeuer

Alpine Fire
L'âme soeur

Switzerland / Germany, August 1985
FILM, Fiction, 120 min.

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directed by
Fredi M. Murer
Written by
Fredi M. Murer
Status
In distribution

“Höhenfeuer” is both a story of childhood and of a love affair: The deaf-born “Bub” and his sister “Belli” live with their parents on a remote farm in the mountains. The father intentionally resists the modern age: “I'd rather beat him to death than put him in a home”. After school Belli is not only a servant in her own home but also her younger brother's teacher. From early childhood, they have been an inseparable pair. They love one another. “Holy Mother of God, what sort of children have I?” wails the resigned mother, when the two children do things that are not “normal”. This is just the beginning of the story… Had the film been made 100 years ago – it would have been a saga.

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World Premiere
August 1985
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, 35mm, 120 min.
Production
Langfilm - Bernard Lang AG, Alfred Richterich, Walter Schoch, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, WDR - Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln
Producer
directed by
Fredi M. Murer
Written by
Fredi M. Murer
Cinemato­graphy
Pio Corradi
Editing
Helena Gerber
Sound Editing
Florian Eidenbenz
Sound Design
Florian Eidenbenz
Music
Mario Beretta
Location Sound Mix
Florian Eidenbenz

Cast

Johanna Lier as Belli
Thomas Nock as Bub
Dorothea Moritz as Mutter
Rolf Illig as Vater
Jörg Odermatt as Grossvater

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World Rights
Langfilm - Bernard Lang AG

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