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Alpine Saga (2006)

Alpine Saga (2006)

Documentary
Release Date: 2006, October 19
Directors: Erich Langjahr
Countries: Switzerland
Production: Langjahr-Film
Cast: Peter Suter, Anton Büeler, Albert Gwerder, Erich Gwerder, Alois Langenegger, Dominic Langenegger, Josef Schelbert, Toni Schelbert

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

switzerland wildheuen