A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
June 1, 1987
Original Title:
Jenatsch
Alternate Titles:
デ ジャ ヴュ
Genres:
Drama | Fantasy
Production Companies:
Beat Curti
Bleu Productions
Limbo Film AG
Schweizer Fernsehen (SF)
Société de Banque Suisse
ZDF
Production Countries:
France | Switzerland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 97
A journalist is assigned to interview an eccentric anthropologist who has exhumed the skeleton of Jörg Jenatsch, a revered freedom fighter who was mysteriously murdered in 1639. Initially disinterested, the journalist begins to uncover unflattering truths about the national hero and experiences visions in which he seems to be witnessing events that transpired over 300 years ago. As he obsessively pursues the investigation, his personal life and his grip on reality disintegrate, drawing him relentlessly toward the fatal carnival at which Jenatsch was killed.
Co-Producer:
Martine Marignac
Beat Curti
Director:
Daniel Schmid
Director of Photography:
Renato Berta
Editor:
Daniela Roderer
Executive Producer:
Theres Scherer
Music:
Pino Donaggio
Novel:
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Producer:
Luciano Gloor
Production Design:
Raúl Gimenez
Sound Designer:
Luc Yersin
Writer:
Martin Suter
Daniel Schmid
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