More than 230,000 tickets sold for «Late Bloomers», and 20,000 for «Alpine Saga»
13.11.2006
During the Swiss fall cinema season, the feature film «Die Herbstzeitlosen/Late Bloomers» by Bettina Oberli (Production: Catpics, Zurich) has achieved top numbers tickets sold: The senior citizens comedy with Stefanie Glaser in the main role – she was nominated for the 2007 Swiss Film Prize – reached a sales number of 230,000 tickets after 5 weeks of cinema run. An equally remarkable result showed the documentary film «Das Erbe der Bergler/Alpine Saga» by Erich Langjahr, having been viewed by an audience of 20,000 after its release three weeks ago. The film was also nominated for the 2007 Swiss Film Prize.
«Die Herbstzeitlosen/Late Bloomers» is the fourth Swiss film this year to have passed the mark of 200,000 tickets sold: Along with «Grounding» by Michael Steiner and Tobias Fueter (C-Films, Zurich, 375,000 tickets), and «Handyman» by Jürg Ebe (Turnus Film, Zurich, 206,000 tickets), «Vitus» by Fredi M. Murer (Hugofilm, Zurich) celebrated its 200,000th viewer in October, with the movie having been shown in German Swiss cinemas for 40 consecutive weeks. With these movie successes, Swiss filmmaking reached a historical audience record in 2006: for the first time, its market share reaches above 10%.
Zurich, November 13, 2006
Zurich, November 13, 2006