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Sternenberg

Sternenberg

Franz (69) - the oldest pupil at elementary school

2004

Motion Picture

88 Min

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Synopsis

A comical melodrama about a repartiate, who registers himselve in his hometown as the "oldest student of Switzerland", in order to save tho school from being closed.

Franz Engi returns to the village where he grew up after having lived abroad for over 30 years, only to realise that things areentirely different. The school is about to be closed because now there are only a few families with children living in the village. Franz is shocked. The closing of the school is particularly significant for him: the school's teacher, Eva, is his daughter, but he does not dare to tell her. In order to help Eva and get to know her better, Franz decides to enrol as a pupil at the school. Although he does indeed become friends with Eva, a lot has to happen before he can tell her who he really is....

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Cast

Matthais Gnädinger

Sara Capretti

Walo Lüond

Daniel Roht

Hanspeter Müller

Stephanie Glaser

Ettore Cella

Crew

Director
Christoph Schaub

Producer
Bernhard Lang, Langfilm 

Writer 
Micha Lewinski 

Cinematographer 
Peter Indergand 

Editor
Marina Wernli

Composer
Balz Bachmann, Peter Bräker

Production Management
Anne-Catherine Lang 

Production Design
Marie-Claude Lang Brenguier 

Location Sound 
Laurent Barbey 

Costume Design 
Dorothee Schmid

Makeup 
Barbara Grundmann

Casting
Ruth Hirschfeld 

Festivals

Filmfestival Palm Springs, USA

Pyongyang International Film Festival, Korea

Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland

Cinéma Tous Écrans Geneva, Switzerland

12th Kolkata Film Festival, India

Awards

Cinéma Tous Écrans, Geneva Audience Award FNAC 2004

Walo Award

Nomination of Swiss Film Awards