Films
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PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES - THE HIGHEST FORM OF LOVE The film by Sarah Laura Hauenstein «Phönix aus der Asche - Die höchste Form von Liebe » (Phoenix from the Ashes - The Highest Form of Love) tells the story of Erika from Stäfa: a wife and mother who falls into a deep crisis after years of restriction due to the care of her severely impaired daughters. After the death of the twins, the bon vivant gradually recalls her rebellious and freedom-loving personality. She takes her life into her own hands again, defying the usual social norms. |
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THE LEGACY OF A DRIVEN MAN - WHY RUDOLF GEIGY SET OUT FOR AFRIKA The Basel scientist and industrial son Rudolf Geigy (1902-1995) represented many developments of his time: His greatest achievement is undoubtedly the establishment of the Tropical Institute in Basel and scientific institutions in Africa. The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) enjoys an excellent international reputation today. But the film will not be a hymn of praise to its founder, but rather a critical examination of the person Rudolf Geigy and his time. |
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CE N'EST PAS UNE VIE QUE DE NE PAS BOUGER What Was Life, If You Don’t Commit To Something? Today hardly anybody knows his name in the west. In Vietnam the Swiss is revered as a Bodhisattva. He travels as the first white in Indo-China to the country of the Moi. He mediates between fighting tribes and makes friends with them. 1894 the plague breaks out in South China and threatens over Hong Kong also Europe. The discovery of the plague bacillus is named after him (Yersinia Pestis). Straight away he develops an anti-serum. He succeeds virtually overnight to cure a person with the plague what resembles a miracle. A search of his life. >> Trailer |
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GLADYS REISE The 80-year-old Gladys from Bern makes a journey to Indonesia and into her past: her family lived in Dutch Indonesia for a quarter of a century. Her father was a doctor specializing in tropical diseases, and her mother immersed herself in local cultures and wrote diaries. This tropical, colonial idyll ended abruptly when the Japanese occupied the country during the Second World War Two. The family experienced personally the brutality of the occupation. Despite traumatic experiences they established close contacts with the Japanese. The testimony of these women opens up a new perspective on the dramas in Asia during the World War. A film by Stéphane Kleeb and Christa Miranda |
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ES GIBT KEIN ZURÜCK In 1959 the 14th Dalai Lama escapes to India to live in exile. During the years thereafter, numerous airplanes from India with Tibetan babies land at the airport in Zurich. Among them are the two siblings Losang and Dechen Barshee. Before leaving the airport, the two are separated from one another. Time passes and they, too, become “real” Swiss, though their appearance remains Tibetan. Only now – 40 years later – the opportunity occurs to travel to Tibet together with their mother arise. It is intended to be a journey into the past, a journey into the unknown, a journey back to their roots. It unfolds differently. |
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JAPANESE CANNIBALISM: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE JUNGLE OF MINDANAO During 1944, when US general Douglas MacArthur conquered the Philippine Island of Mindanao, the Japanese occupying forces escaped to the mountains of Kitanglad. There they hid and survived by eating the dead bodies of their comrades who had died of malaria. Then they attacked the local natives, killed, cooked and ate over 90 of them. It was only after 1947 that the guerrilla fighter Alejandro Sales managed to defeat the remaining Japanese solders and to convince them, that World War II had ended years ago. The film tells the incredible story based on contemporary eye witnesses. A film by Stéphane Kleeb, Guy Pitt and David Pollard |
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FRIDOLIN THE WINDOW CLEANER TV series in 9 episodes for children Fridolin always has new tasks and sees in the double sense clear after having cleaned the windows. |
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TIME TO WEEP, TIME TO LAUGH - A CLOWN REMEMBERS The focus of the documentary is the 79-year-old Englishman Harold A. Whiteley, who tells of his life as a traditional clown named "Rainbow". Fascinatingly intercut with a decades-younger performer just as keen on promoting social and political awareness as much as mere humour, the film asks searching questions about the role of the clown in modern life. |
