Frieden

Labyrinth of Peace
Le prix de la paix
Il prezzo della pace

Switzerland, November 2020
SERIES, Fiction, 6x49min

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Created by
Petra Volpe
directed by
Michael Schaerer
Written by
Petra Volpe
Status
In distribution

1945. Finally, there is peace in Europe. In Switzerland too, a whole generation breathes a sigh of relief as it faces a new and hopeful future. Klara and Johann want to marry. He has big plans for his father-in-law’s textile factory, while she looks after Jewish boys at a refugee camp and helps with the search for surviving family members. Meanwhile, Johann’s brother Egon is trying to settle into his own new normality after having experienced the horrors of war up close on the border. Peacetime, although long awaited and promising, also holds unforeseen challenges. A spirit of optimism is mixed with uncertainty and the question of how to deal with the past.

Primavera 1945: finalmente la pace in Europa. Tre giovani affrontano le grandi sfide del dopoguerra in Svizzera. Il loro desiderio di ricominciare è grande, ma il passato non viene spazzato via così facilmente. Una storia sulla buona volontà e sulla perdita dell'innocenza.

credits

World Premiere
November 2020
Original Version
Swiss-German, German,  colour, DCP, 294 min.
ISAN
0000-0005-2571
Production
Zodiac Pictures Ltd, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
Lukas Hobi, Reto Schaerli
Created by
Petra Volpe
directed by
Michael Schaerer
Written by
Petra Volpe
Cinemato­graphy
Christian Marohl
Editing
Wolfgang Weigl
Location Sound Mix
Jean-Pierre Gerth
Music
Annette Focks
Production Design
Su Erdt
Costumes
Monika Schmid
Make up
Marc Hollenstein
Casting
Corinna Glaus, Nora Leibundgut

Cast

Max Hubacher as Johann
Annina Walt as Klara
Dimitri Stapfer as Egon
Stefan Kurt as Carl Frei
Therese Affolter as Elsie
Sylvie Rohrer as Lisbet-Marie
Urs Bosshardt as Alfred
Stephan Bissmeier as Wilhelm Scholz

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World Sales
Beta Film GmbH

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