Lydia – Aufzeichnungen aus dem Irrenhaus
Lydia – Récits de l'asile
Switzerland, January 2026
FILM,
Documentary,
68 min.
- directed by
- Stefan Jung
- Status
- In distribution
She was a prisoner in the corset of social constraints and conventions – and at the same time she fought for a self-determined life as a woman – Lydia Welti-Escher, the daughter of politician and business leader Alfred Escher. Due to an extramarital liaison, the Swiss authorities had her committed to a psychiatric ward. The film is based on the transcript of the conversations that two doctors had with Lydia Welti-Escher in the psychiatric clinic in Rome in January 1890.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2026
- Original Version
- German, colour, DCP, 68 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-3835-0000-U-0000-0000-L
- Production
- real Film GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Stefan Jung
- directed by
- Stefan Jung
- Cinematography
- Andreas Kohler
- Editing
- Tania Stöcklin
- Re-Recording Mix
- Christian Schäppi
- Music
- Claudio Landolt
- Compositing
- Patrischa Freuler
- Costumes
- Rudolf Jost
- Make up
- Basil Prinz
Cast
Anja Andersen Rüegg as Darstellerin Lydia
Judith Hofmann as Stimme Lydia
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- real Film GmbH
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Anderdog Film
Distribution
Release date: 05.02.2026