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Alpine Saga

2006 • 1h37m Documentary

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6.8/10

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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.

Details

Director

Erich Langjahr

Screenplay

Erich Langjahr

Cast

Anton Büeler

Albert Gwerder

Erich Gwerder

Release date

10/19/2006

Status

Released

Origin country

DE

CH

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