BERESINA - ODER DIE LETZTEN TAGE DER SCHWEIZ
SYNOPSIS
This black comedy tells the story of lovely Irina, a Russian call-girl, who finds herself in a fairy-tale Alpine country, where she comes close to becoming the last person to have any complete, utter faith in it. The somewhat shady lawyer, Dr. Alfred Waldvogel and his lady-friend, Charlotte De, introduce her to a growing clientele out of the worlds of business, politics, the military and the media. As a result Irina’s life takes an unexpected turn - together with the country as a whole.
| DIRECTOR | Daniel Schmid |
| YEAR | 1999 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | Sélection Officielle „Un certain Regard“ Cannes 1999 |
| CAST | Elena Panova - Irina Geraldine Chaplin - Charlotte De Martin Benrath - Divisionär Sturzenegger Ulrich Noethen - Dr. Alfred Waldvogel Ivan Darvas - Director Vetterli Marina Confalone - Benedetta Hösli Stefan Kurt - Claude Bürki Hans-Peter Korff - National Councillor Tschanz Joachim Tomaschewsky - Old Federal Councillor von Gunten |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | T&C Film AG Zurich Prisma Film Vienna |
| SUPPORTED BY | Filmstiftung NRW |
| WORLD SALES | |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | |
| LENGTH | 104 |
| FORMAT | 35mm color |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | Switzerland Germany |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | German |
| PRODUCERS | Marcel Hoehn |
| WRITERS | Martin Suter |
| CASTING | |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Renato Berta |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Peter Spoerri |
| EDITING | Daniela Roderer |
| MUSIC | Carl Hänggi |
| SOUND | Luc Yersin |
| ART DIRECTION | Kathrin Brunner |
| COSTUMES | Birgit Hutter |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Thomas Nellen Barbara Grundmann-Roth |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | n/s |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | n/s |
| LINKS | n/s |



