Alpine Saga (2006)
Award-winning director 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.
Director:
Erich Langjahr
Writer:
Erich Langjahr
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Anton Büeler as Anton Büeler |
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Albert Gwerder as Albert Gwerder |
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Erich Gwerder as Erich Gwerder |
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Alois Langenegger as Alois Langenegger |
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Dominic Langenegger as Dominic Langenegger |
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Josef Schelbert as Josef Schelbert |
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Toni Schelbert as Toni Schelbert |
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Peter Suter as Peter Suter |
| Editing | Erich Langjahr | Editor |
| Directing | Erich Langjahr | Director |
| Sound | Silvia Haselbeck | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Erich Langjahr | Screenplay |
| Camera | Erich Langjahr | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hans Kennel | Music |
