Documentaries
DAS ERBE DER BERGLER
ALPINE SAGA
Erich Langjahr
CH 2006
97 min
V'06
Erich Langjahr returns to his beloved Alps to document a group of people continuing the legacy of their forefathers. Every year on Swiss National day, August 1, the Wildheuer climb up the steep mountain of the «Hinteren Heubrig», fitted out with scythes and wearing wooden shoes with spikes, just as their ancestors did before them. They are part of a generation who have lived with the challenges of nature and survived it. In his film, Langjahr's poetic realism gives an insight into these people's experience of the simple life, the very foundation of human existence.
Credits
- Albert Gwerder
- Erich Gwerder
- Alois Langenegger
- Toni Schelbert
- Anton Büeler
- Peter Suter
- Josef Schelbert
- Erich Langjahr
- Erich Langjahr
- Silvia Haselbeck
- Erich Langjahr
- Hans Kennel
Langjahr Film GmbH Luzernerstraße 16 6037 Root, Schweiz T +41 41 450 22 52 info@langjahr-film.ch
Langjahr Film GmbH Luzernerstraße 16 6037 Root, Schweiz T +41 41 450 22 52 info@langjahr-film.ch
35 mm
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