Un Juif pour l'exemple
  • Drama
  • OV Französisch; UT Deutsch, Englisch
  • 1h 13m

Un Juif pour l'exemple

  • 2016
  • Director Jacob Berger

April 1942. The war seems far away in the small Swiss town of Payerne. Yet the local economy is weak, people are malcontent. The cafes are full of sinister characters. Garage owner Fernand Ischi and his men have sworn fealty to the Nazi Party. They dream of catching Adolf Hitler’s attention.On April 16, the next local cattle fair will take place and Arthur Bloch, a livestock dealer, will attend. That is the day a Jew will be killed as an example. Librement adapté du roman «Un Juif pour l’exemple» de Jacques Chessex © Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle, 2009 – Paris, France

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With Bruno Ganz, André Wilms, Aurélien Patouillard, Paul Laurent, Baptiste Coustenoble, Steven Matthews, Pierre-Antoine Dubey, Elina Löwensohn
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Un Juif pour l'exemple

Synopsis

April 1942. The war seems far away in the small Swiss town of Payerne. Yet the local economy is weak, people are malcontent. The cafes are full of sinister characters. Garage owner Fernand Ischi and his men have sworn fealty to the Nazi Party. They dream of catching Adolf Hitler’s attention. On April 16, the next local cattle fair will take place and Arthur Bloch, a livestock dealer, will attend. That is the day a Jew will be killed as an example.

Librement adapté du roman «Un Juif pour l’exemple» de Jacques Chessex

© Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle, 2009 – Paris, France

Details

Start
15.09.2016 German-speaking Switzerland
14.09.2016 French-speaking Switzerland
Language
OV Französisch; UT Deutsch, Englisch
Duration
1h 13m
Format
DCP (1: 1.85; SR-D)
Distribution Switzerland
VEGA Distribution AG
Worldwide distribution
VEGA Film AG
Production
VEGA Film AG, RTS / SRG SSR / Teleclub, Avec la participation de l’Office Fédéral de la Culture (OFC), Zürcher Filmstiftung, Cinéforom et le soutien de la Loterie Romande, Suissimage, Succès Cinéma, Succès Passage Antenne, Succès Zurich, Media Programme of the European Union, Fondation Heim

Credits

Director
Jacob Berger
Script
Jacob Berger, Aude Py
Producer
Ruth Waldburger
Cast
Bruno Ganz, André Wilms, Aurélien Patouillard, Paul Laurent, Baptiste Coustenoble, Steven Matthews, Pierre-Antoine Dubey, Elina Löwensohn
Photography
Luciano Tovoli
Editing
Sarah Anderson
Sound
Henri Maïkoff, Gabriel Hafner, François Musy
Music
Manfred Eicher
Art direction
Yan Arlaud, Frank Monseigny, Marie-Claude Lang, Doris Baumgartner
Costumes
Leonie Zykan
Versions
OV FR; UT DE, EN