Downtown Switzerland

Christian Davi, Stefan Haupt, Kaspar Kasics, Fredi M. Murer

"No matter what your taste, you can find something of interest in Zürich!"
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Zurich in the autumn of 2003: an insidious change of climate, which had more to do with politics than with the weather, made Christian Davi, Stefan Haupt, Kaspar Kasics, and Fredi M. Murer go on a spontaneous trail-hunting tour of their city. Each followed the irregular beat of life in the “Swiss metropolis of culture and economy”. They then combined their material to a multi-layered film, intertwining their individual handwritings and their different topics. Four film directors, four cameras, four points of view – in a film drawing an electrifying picture: Zurich as a trading centre of money and mind, where the most diverse ways of living peacefully coexist, interrelate, or brutally clash. The result of an extraordinary cooperation, this film chronicle looks over the shoulder of global players, political refugees, small-scale industrialists, trendsetters, bus drivers, tram drivers, artists, and young politicians of the rightwing Swiss People’s Party. It explores the ins and outs of in-the-box thinking and examines the analyses made by sociologists and think tanks. It shows the passions of totally average Zurich men and women. The observation of everyday life makes DOWNTOWN SWITZERLAND a mirror of Switzerland as a whole, a many-faceted snapshot of that hot winter season, when an industrialist from the right-hand shore of Lake Zurich was elected Federal Councillor.

Fredi M. Murer

Born in 1940 in Beckenried. Studied photography at the Schule für Gestaltung, Zurich. Contributed to the EXPO 64. 1970 Visiting professor at the Gilford Arts School, London. 1975-76 Studied in the USA. Since 1967 independent filmmaker and producer in Zurich. 1992-96 President of the Swiss Filmmakers’ Association.

2006 VITUS
2004 DOWNTOWN SWITZERLAND
1998 VOLLMOND
1990 DER GRÜNE BERG
1985 HÖHENFEUER
1978 GRAUZONE
1974 WIR BERGLER IN DEN BERGEN SIND EIGENTLICH NICHT SCHULD, DASS WIR DA SIND
1971 PASSAGEN
1969 SAD-IS-FICTION
1966 BERNHARD LUGINBÜHL
1966 CHICOREE
1965 PAZIFIK – ODER DIE ZUFRIEDENEN
1965 BALANCE
1962 MARCEL

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2008 DECADRAGES 12: DOSSIER FREDI M. MURER
1981 FREDI M. MURER

Stefan Haupt

Born in 1961 in Zurich. 1978-79 Exchange student at Jeannette High School, Pennsylvania (USA). 1985-88 Attends the Theatre Academy of Zurich. Since 1989 works as an independent film and theatre director.

2010 HOW ABOUT LOVE
2006 EIN LIED FÜR ARGYRIS
2004 DOWNTOWN SWITZERLAND
2003 MORITZ
2002 ELISABETH KÜBLER-ROSS – DEM TOD INS GESICHT SEHEN
2001 UTOPIA BLUES
2000 INCRESCHANTÜM
1998 I AM JUST A SIMPLE PERSON

Kaspar Kasics

Born in 1952 in Interlaken. Studied music at the Conservatory in Basel and Zurich. Studied German and philosophy at the University of Zurich. Attended a number of film courses with, among others, Urs Graf and Marlies Graf Dätwyler. Worked as editor and director for German Swiss Broadcasting Service (SF DRS) for five years. Since 1990 independent director and producer, commissioned for numerous productions, theater sketches and documentations.

2004 DOWNTOWN SWITZERLAND
2003 SAUVE
2001 DRAGAN UND MADLAINA
2000 BLUE END
1999 CLOSED COUNTRY
1996 BAL MODERNE
1995 IT'S MYLIFE
1994 LE BARRAGE
1991 JEMAND - ODER DIE PASSION ZUM WIDERSTAND
1988 DIE ORGANISIERTE SAUBERKEIT
1987 DER LETZTE STICH
1987 DER BALKEN IM AUGE
1987 HARLEY OTTO
1986 ICH BIN DER COMPUTER VON ADRIAN

Christian Davi

2004 DOWNTOWN SWITZERLAND
2000 GOPF IN AFRICA
1999 ID-SWISS Episode HOME ALONE?
1998 DIE REGIERUNG - MONTAG, DIENSTAG, MITTWOCH UND ZURÜCK

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