Alpine Saga

Alpine Saga

2006 de 97 minutes

Rating: 6.8

Plot

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.

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Cast

Anton Büeler

Anton Büeler

Anton Büeler

Albert Gwerder

Albert Gwerder

Albert Gwerder

Erich Gwerder

Erich Gwerder

Erich Gwerder

Alois Langenegger

Alois Langenegger

Alois Langenegger

Dominic Langenegger

Dominic Langenegger

Dominic Langenegger

Josef Schelbert

Josef Schelbert

Josef Schelbert

Toni Schelbert

Toni Schelbert

Toni Schelbert

Peter Suter

Peter Suter

Peter Suter

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