Franz Engi returns to his hometown after being away for 30 years. A lot of things have changed in that time. There are only few families with children left in the village and that is why the school is about to be closed down. Franz decides to save the school and teacher Eva's job in a very unusual way....
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Cast
20 people
Sara Capretti
Eva Joos
Also in
Flamingo
Le monde à l'envers
Mathias Gnädinger
Franz Engi
Also in
Downfall
Leo Sonnyboy
Peter Indergand
Christoph Schaub
Micha Lewinsky
Bernard Lang
Walo Lüönd
Hans Grob
Also in
The Swissmakers
Non-Stop Trouble With the Experts
Peter Bräker
Daniel Rohr
Oskar Freudiger
Known for
Vitus
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
Marina Wernli
Hanspeter Müller
Walter Jauch
Known for
Benny's Video
North Face
Balz Bachmann
Christoph Schaub Director · Micha Lewinsky Writer Peter Indergand Cinematographer
Budget $165K · First release April 22, 2004 · Produced in Switzerland
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Budget
$165,000
Production
Langfilm
Production
Schweizer Fernsehen
Production
SF 1
Production
Switzerland
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Switzerland · April 22, 2004
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