Hirschfeld – Unbekannter Bekannter
Hirschfeld – The Unknown Known
Hirschfeld – Une connaissance inconnue
Switzerland / Germany, January 2026
FILM,
Documentary,
90 min.
- directed by
- Stina Werenfels, Samir
- Written by
- Samir, Felix Schneider
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- https://www.dvfilm.ch/en/inproduction/documentaries/hirschfeld---unbekannter-bekannter
The reputation of the Schauspielhaus Zurich is based on authors such as Bertolt Brecht and actresses such as Therese Giese, who made it a centre of cultural resistance against fascism during the Nazi era. After the war, it was Max Frisch and Friedrich Dürrenmatt whose plays were internationally acclaimed. But the architect of all these successes, the German-Jewish director and dramaturge Kurt Hirschfeld, fell into oblivion.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2026
- Original Version
- colour, DCP, 90 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0005-C5A2-0000-0-0000-0000-3
- Production
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, 3sat Schweiz
- Producer
- Samir, Levin Vieth
- directed by
- Stina Werenfels, Samir
- Written by
- Samir, Felix Schneider
- Cinematography
- Ian Oggenfuss
- Editing
- Olivia Frey, Roman Stocker
- Location Sound Mix
- Dieter Meyer, Lars Wicki
- Sound Design
- Etienne Kompis
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jakob Eisenbach
- Music
- Martin Skalsky
Cast
Ruth Hirschfeld
Ruth Hirschfeld
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, 61. Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2026 - 28.01.2026