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Alpine Saga

Alpine Saga

Oct 19, 2006 1h 37m
6.8
5 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Alpine Saga
Companies Langjahr-Film
Countries Switzerland
Keywords switzerland, wildheuen
Anton Büeler

Anton Büeler

Anton Büeler
Albert Gwerder

Albert Gwerder

Albert Gwerder
Erich Gwerder

Erich Gwerder

Erich Gwerder
Alois Langenegger

Alois Langenegger

Alois Langenegger
Dominic Langenegger

Dominic Langenegger

Dominic Langenegger
Josef Schelbert

Josef Schelbert

Josef Schelbert
Toni Schelbert

Toni Schelbert

Toni Schelbert
Peter Suter

Peter Suter

Peter Suter