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Der Fall
CH 1972 101'
Director: Kurt Früh
Script: Kurt Früh, Georg Janett
Camera: Eduard Winiger
Sound: Werner Walter
Editing: Georg Janett
Music: Walter Baumgartner
With: Walo Lüönd, Ellen Widmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Walter Morath, Jörg Schneider
Mitenand gaht's besser
CH 1949 13'
Director: Kurt Früh
Script: Kurt Früh
Camera: Robert D. Garbade
Music: Werner Kruse
With: Heinrich Gretler, Emil Hegetschwiler
Demokratie in Gefahr
CH 1949 13'
Director: Kurt Früh
Script: David Wechsler
Camera: Emil Berna
Sound: Rolf Epstein
Music: Robert D. Blum
With: Schaggi Streuli
Unser Mitbürger Christian Caduff
CH 1955 38'
Director: Kurt Früh
Script: Kurt Früh
Camera: Georges Stilly
Editing: Georges Stilly
Music: Walter Baumgartner
Ein Weg bleibt offen
CH 1944 13'
Director: Kurt Früh
Script: Adolf Forter, Adolf Forter
Camera: Hans Zickendraht
Der Fall
Kurt Früh
"The German title has a double meaning, the case (for a detective) and the fall (as in decline and fall). The hardly known last movie of revered Swiss dialect film director Kurt Früh lives up to that double meaning and I was surprised to find this a very carefully crafted swan song.
The main character is an ex cop who claims he discovered cases of child molesting in the higher echelons of police hierarchy and was therefore fired from the force. No further reference is made to that story but one of the main themes is the sexual frustration of the main character. He is forced to work as a private detective, but without the gracefulness of a Philip Marlowe or the open spaces of Southern California. His territory is the northern part of Zurich, Oerlikon, at that time still seat of several large industrial plants and in the throes of significant urban transformations. The movie conveys that the sun never shines in Oerlikon. Either it is night or it rains or it is foggy. And it is always noisy.
Unlike other movies of Kurt Früh, DER FALL, filmed in black and white, is clearly a homage to Film Noir, probably influenced by the work of Jean-Pierre Melville. Mostly shot on location, it shows the growing alienation in an urban setting that is at once shoddy and strangely sterile. Every scene is set up with great care, the way natural sounds are an integral part of the whole movie and its rhythm is of the first order.
As much as DER FALL is an awesome exercise in style, it includes a heavy dose of realism. The relation of the gumshoe with a „carefree" young woman of the Hippie/Hell's Angels generation has the main character descend into beatnik clubs etc. for which existing places were filmed just as they were. Peter Fonda on his chopper and a young Muhammad Ali are present as posters in the girl's flat. The climax of the movie takes place during the six day bicycle race, an indoor event that was an annual fixture in Oerlikon at the time the movie was made. Again the filmic and directorial quality of the episode with this live event is really first class (a bit like the first Rollerball movie...).
I can recommend DER FALL to anyone who likes stylish black and white movies and is interested in specific urban landscapes."
Manuel Pestalozzi on imdb
Kurt Früh
1972 DER FALL
1970 DÄLLEBACH KARI
1963 IM PARTERRE LINKS
1962 DER 42. HIMMEL
1962 ES DACH ÜBEREM CHOPF
1960 DER TEUFEL HAT GUT LACHEN
1959 CAFE ODEON
1959 HINTER DEN SIEBEN GLEISEN
1958 DER MANN, DER NICHT NEIN SAGEN KONNTE
1958 EINE FREUNDIN DER GROSSEN WELT
1957 BÄCKEREI ZÜRRER
1956 OBERSTADTGASS
1955 POLIZIST WÄCKERLI (STEPHANIE GLASER COLLECTION)
1955 UNSER MITBÜRGER CHRISTIAN CADUFF
1949 DEMOKRATIE IN GEFAHR
1945 KRIEGSGEFANGENE
KURT FRÜH EDITION
Walo Lüönd
Walo Lüönd grew up in Zug and completed an apprenticeship as a tailor before studying acting in Zurich. After gathering his initial experience on the Swiss stage, Walo Lüönd went abroad in the early 1950s and worked primarily in Munich, Essen and Berlin for more than ten years. While pursuing his stage career, Walo Lüönd also began working for television and film in Germany. In the 1970s he was discovered by Swiss filmmakers. His unforgettable interpretation of his role as Dällebach Kari – in the film with the same name by Kurt Früh – led to his breakthrough, which gave rise to a host of other films. Walo Lüönd has left his mark in Swiss films as an outstanding character actor, performing in more earnest, tragic or melancholic roles. He is a popular and much sought-after actor on the stage, television and in cinemas to this day.
2007 BRIEFE UND ANDERE GEHEIMNISSE (Judith Kennel)
2004 OESCHENE (Bernhard Giger)
2004 STERNENBERG (Christoph Schaub)
2004 BIENVENUE EN SUISSE (Léa Fazer)
2002 EXIT (Benjamin Kempf)
2001 ESCAPE TO PARADISE (Nino Jacusso)
2000 KOMIKER (Markus Imboden)
1988 DIE DOLLARFALLE (Thomas Koerfer)
1985 GAUNER IM PARADIES (Thomas Fantl)
1983 DIE SCHWARZE SPINNE (Mark M. Rissi)
1980 DER ERFINDER (Kurt Gloor)
1979 BROT UND STEINE (Walo Lüönd)
1978 DIE SCHWEIZERMACHER (Rolf Lyssy)
1977 DIE KONSEQUENZ (Wolfgang Petersen)
1975 DE GROTZEPUUR (Mark M. Rissi)
1973 DIE FABRIKANTEN (Urs Aebersold, Clemens Klopfenstein, Philip Schaad)
1972 DER FALL (Kurt Früh)
1970 DÄLLEBACH KARI (Kurt Früh)
News
- Selected Films at the Solothurn Film Festival Thursday January 24th 2008-01-24
- Kurt Früh im Ortsmuseum Wiedikon 2006-09-15
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