CHRIS THE SWISS
by Anja Kofmel
synopsis
Why are young men so fascinated by war? Today just as back in the nineties when war was raging in Ex-Yugoslavia? On January 7th 1992, the young Swiss journalist “Chris” Christian Würtenberg was found dead in Croatia. Strangled with his scarf, still wearing the uniform of a platoon of international fighters. Twenty-five years later his cousin, director Anja Kofmel, researches Chris’ murder and tries to get to the bottom of these questions.
original title: | Chris the Swiss |
country: | Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, Finland |
sales agent: | Urban Sales |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Anja Kofmel |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Anja Kofmel |
cinematography by: | Simon Guy Fässler |
film editing: | Stefan Kälin |
music: | Marcel Vaid |
producer: | Samir, Siniša Juričić, Heino Deckert |
executive producer: | Samir |
production: | Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, ma.ja.de Filmproduktions-GmbH, Nukleus Film, IV Films Ltd., SRF - Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen |
distributor: | Xenix Filmdistribution Gmbh |