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Grauzone

Switzerland, 1979
FILM, Fiction, 101 min.

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

Without knowing it, Alfred and Julia live in a land of pure invention. It is the richest and most beautiful land in the world. From a height, this land looks like a piece of felt, from close up like a clean and tiny park. The footpaths are lined with benches and the streets with banks. Alfred and Julia have been married for 8 years, are childless, and live on the 16th floor of a new building. Thanks to their various crises, they have got to know each other somewhat better, but their most outstanding characteristic remains their mediocrity. On Friday, August 12th 1977, a mysterious epidemic breaks out in their country. The mass media ensure that the news is widely broadcast. The authorities order a ban on information, but those concerned break their imposed silence. On Sunday evening, it becomes known that the epidemic was nomore than a kind of "dress rehearsal" for a real emergency. Alfred and Julia continue to live in a land of pure invention - but now they are conscious of the fact.

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World Premiere
1979
Original Version
Swiss-German, German (english subtitles),  s/w, 16mm, 101 min.
Production
Langfilm - Bernard Lang AG, Nemo Film
Producer
directed by
Fredi M. Murer
Written by
Fredi M. Murer
Cinemato­graphy
Hans Liechti
Editing
Rainer M. Trinkler
Music
Beo Oertli, Mario Beretta
Location Sound Mix
Florian Eidenbenz

Cast

Olga Piazza
Walo Lüönd
Janet Haufler
Mathias Gnädinger
Ernst Stiefel
Michael Massen
Giovanni Früh
Peter Siegenthaler

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