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 |


























