The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009)
The incredible story of how the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man was discovered by a hunter in one of the most remote parts of the country. The dead man's detailed notes reveal that he actually committed suicide through self-imposed starvation only the summer before. Liechti's film is a stunning rapprochement of a fictional text, which itself is based upon a true event: a cinematic manifesto for life, challenged by the main character's radical renunciation of life itself.
Director:
Peter Liechti
Writer:
Peter Liechti
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Peter Mettler as Narrator |
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Alexander Tschernek as Narrator |
| Directing | Peter Liechti | Director |
| Writing | Peter Liechti | Screenplay |
| Production | Peter Liechti | Producer |
| Camera | Matthias Kälin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Peter Liechti | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Peter Guyer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tania Stöcklin | Editor |
| Sound | Christian Beusch | Sound |
| Sound | Norbert Möslang | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Christoph Homberger | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Balthasar Jucker | Sound Mixer |