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Dürrenmatt – A love story

Cinema documentary by Sabine Gisiger

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[bs_row] [accordeon title=”Contents”]DÜRRENMATT is an intimate cinematic memorial to the man, thinker, writer and painter Friedrich Dürrenmatt. At the center of the film is the previously unknown love story of Friedrich Dürrenmatt and his wife Lotti Dürrenmatt-Geissler. The two lived in a close relationship for 40 years: there was no work that he did not discuss with her, no rehearsal that she did not accompany him to. In later years, the relationship became increasingly problematic. After Lotti’s death in 1983, Dürrenmatt plunged into a deep crisis, from which he freed himself with a new, great love. Dürrenmatt was someone who liked to think out loud, someone who claimed that he never despaired because he was always intoxicated by the good, bad and crazy things in this world. His sister Vroni Dürrenmatt (91) and his children Peter Dürrenmatt (66) and Ruth Dürrenmatt (64), who are talking publicly about their father for the first time, also know the other side: for Dürrenmatt, humor was the only way to create distance from a world that he found difficult to bear and often found hard to endure. But if you have the choice between two kinds of death, Dürrenmatt said, you shouldn’t be annoyed to death, but rather laugh to death. [/accordeon][/bs_col] [bs_col class=”col-md-4 col-sm-6″][button text=”WEBSITE” link=”http://duerrenmatt-derfilm.ch”] [accordeon title=”Movie info:”]

Type of film: Cinema documentary
Production status: completed
Year of production: 2015
Length: 76 minutes
Language: German / Swiss German – UT (D, F)
Theatrical release: October 15, 2015
Swiss distributor: DCM Film Distribution (Switzerland) GmbH
World distribution:
Festivals: Zurich Film Festival (world premiere)
Venues showtimes Cineman

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With Irvin D. Yalom Marilyn Yalom

Written directed: Sabine Gisiger
Producer: Philip Delaquis
Associated producers: Min Li Marti, Stefan Zuber
Co-producers: Urs Augstburger (SRF), Marianne Jeger, Roman von Sury, Ruth Waldburger (Vega Film AG), Sven Wälti (SRG)
Camera: Matthias Günter
Sound: Peter Von Siebenthal
Editing: Andreas Winterstein
Music: Ruth Dürrenmatt / Igor Stravinsky / Züri West

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