Trümpi

Anton Bruhin travels to Stoos, Switzerland, Sakha-Yakutia, Siberia, Tokyo, Japan

Iwan Schumacher

TRÜMPI is an exotic ‘road-movie’ that follows in the footsteps of Jew’s harp virtuoso Anton Bruhin. Accompanied by the distinctive sound of this diminutive ancient instrument, this wordless voyage of discovery begins at the home of Anton Bruhin in Zurich’s industrial zone, moves to Stoos in canton Schwyz, on to the steppes of Siberia and then to Japan’s burstling metropolitan capital Tokyo. Virtuoso that he is Bruhin has musical tastes that range from traditional to the experimental as he tries out new sounds on his ‘trümpi’, which is the word for a Jew’s harp in the Swiss-German dialect. He embraces music in all its diversity from folk to avant-garde, building bridges between the very different traditions of town and country, East and West.

"As we watch Anton Bruhin’s tall, dreamy figure seeking out talented soloists, the editing interweaves landscapes and audiences, playing on music’s universal capacity to create a world without barriers. In addition to discovering new repertoires, one of Bruhin’s main motivations is to meet a man in Siberia who still uses traditional craft methods to make Jew’s harps. He observes and carefully mines the latter’s knowledge before flying off to Japan. Schumacher takes an ethnomusicologist’s stance in this film, drawing parallels between influences, mindful to record not only the music, but also its living context. trümpi is a wonderful journey and an opportunity to discover more fully the magic of the Jew’s harp."
Visions du Réel Nyon 1999

Iwan Schumacher

Born in 1947 in Lucerne. Studies photography at Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich. 1967 Participates in first filmmaking course in Switzerland. Works as photographer for the Schweizer Illustrierte, DU and Weltwoche. 1970-72 Teachor of photography at the Bath Academy of Art, England. Since 1972 cameraman, assistant director, scriptwriter and director. 1977-81 Member of Nemo Film AG. 2000 Co-founder of Schumacher & Frey GmbH. Lives in Zurich.

2009 URS FISCHER
2007 MARKUS RAETZ
2005 DER WOLKENSAMMLER
1999 TRÜMPI
1994 GASSER & GASSER
1990 MATHIAS GNÄDINGER - VIER FIGUREN & EIN PORTRAIT
1984 DER MORD DANACH - TATORT
1982 SCHLAGSCHATTEN
1981 HABSUCHT ODER HAMBURG-MADRID
1978 MAN PROBIERTS, MAN PROBIERT'S
1976 VERGLICHEN MIT FRÜHER

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