Signer's Suitcase
SIGNERS KOFFER is a kind of road movie across Europa. From the Swiss Alps to eastern Poland, from Stromboli to Iceland. Always following the scenery's magically charged contours. Immersing yourself, letting yourself be infected, then travelling on. Roman Signer determines the route that we are moving on and the film improvises along the way. Being on the road also means tracking down the right places. Signer brings them alive using his own personel instruments, brilliantly simple operations full of subtle humour. «Simple» poems being transmitted into space with INSTRUMENTS as gunpowder, fuse, rubber boots, balloons, stool, small table ... and a three wheelded Plaggio. SIGNERS KOFFER is also a journey through the state of mind. A tightrope walk between fun and melancholy. Danger also mental mental danger becomes the stimulus of the senses. Sudden crashes, abrupt chagnes of mood determine the rythm and atmosphere of this cinematic journey.
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Peter Liechti Director · Peter Guyer Cinematographer Dieter Gränicher Editor
First release April 10, 1995 · Produced in Switzerland · Languages German, Italian, Polish
Production
Peter Liechti Filmproduktion
Production
Recycled TV
Production
Switzerland
Produced in
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Original title
Signers Koffer - Unterwegs mit Roman Signer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Italian · Polish
Release dates
Switzerland · April 10, 1995
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 1, 1995 · VIENNALE Film Festival
Germany
October 1, 1995 · DOK Leipzig
Italy
October 1, 1995 · Firenze Festival dei Popoli
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