Der Engelmacher
The Angel Maker
Switzerland, Planned for 2nd quarter 2026
SERIES,
Documentary,
4x45min
- created by
- Marina Klauser
- directed by
- Marina Klauser
- Status
- Post-production
A brilliant inventor of a world-changing energy machine becomes the centre of a reclusive community – and reveals himself as a charismatic yet manipulative spiritual leader. The documentary series reconstructs the hidden power structures surrounding Paul Baumann, the controversial founder of the religious group Methernitha, an internationally connected community that still exists in Switzerland today. At the heart of the series are the powerful testimonies of women – then still girls – who dared to escape a system of psychological and physical abuse.
credits
- World Premiere
- Planned for 2nd quarter 2026
- Original Version
- French, Swiss-German, German, colour, DCP, 180 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-E8A2-0000-O-0000-0000-2
- Production
- tellfilm GmbH, SRG SSR
- Producer
- Danielle Giuliani, Stefan Jäger
- created by
- Marina Klauser
- directed by
- Marina Klauser
- Cinematography
- Fabian Kimoto
- Editing
- Annette Brütsch, Gina Calamassi, Alessandro Biffi
- Location Sound Mix
- Anna-Maria Bühlmann
- Music
- Mirjam Skal
- Lighting Design
- Esther Mattei, Caspar Brog
Cast
Nina Langensand as Dornrose
Anja Andersen Rüegg as Sonja
Nina Brack as Bea
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- tellfilm GmbH