Big & Little
6.2
His last big journey took him from Stein am Rhein to faraway Japan. Theo Plakoudakis and Marco Salituro had developed the script especially for Mathias Gnädinger. And so the popular actor filled the role of "Big Summer" with a lot of heart: The former wrestling king Anton Sommer is forced by the ten-year-old boy Hiro to accompany him to Japan. Hiro wants to become a sumo wrestler like his father. Zurich-based Stefan Jäger has staged a modern fairy tale that becomes an endearing homage to Mathias Gnädinger. He died on Good Friday 2015.
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Cast
21 people
Mathias Gnädinger
Anton Sommer
Also in
Downfall
Leo Sonnyboy
Loïc Sho Güntensperger
Hiro Akiba
No other roles listed
Stefan Jäger
Theo Plakoudakis
Mitsuko Baisho
Masako
Known for
Dreams
Hanzawa Naoki
Marco Salituro
Masa Kokubo
Also in
Mozart in the Jungle
Tomio Suga
Bunta
Also in
The Full Throttle Girl
好好！キョンシーガール 東京電視台戦記
Georgina Pope
Hanspeter Müller
Müri
Known for
Benny's Video
North Face
Katrin Renz
Sonja Riesen
Zgrarren
Known for
Late Shift
Stefan Jäger Director
Budget $2.4M · First release December 14, 2015 · Produced in Switzerland
Box office
Budget
$2,400,000
Production
tellfilm
Production
Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Der grosse Sommer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Japan · December 14, 2015
Premiere
Switzerland · January 28, 2016
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
September 29, 2017 · CPH:PIX
Germany
September 26, 2017 · Schlingel Film Festival
Switzerland
January 23, 2016 · Premiere
August 25, 2016 · Physical
March 25, 2018 · TV
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