Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a character hardly found today. The film retells Frisch’s story as

a witness of the unfolding 20th century, wondering if such “voices” are needed at all, or if we could do without them.

Basic Information

Documentary Feature / Switzerland / 94 min / 2008

Filmcrew

Producers              Valentin Greutert & Simon Hesse
Co-Producer        Matthias von Gunten
Writer & Director      Matthias von Gunten
DOP                    Matthias Kälin
Music                    Martin Todsharow
Editor                    Caterina Mona
Assistant Director Christine Hürzeler
Sound Recordist Martin Witz

Interviewees

Helmut Schmidt
Peter Bichsel
Gottfried Honegger
Henry Kissinger
Günter Grass
Christa Wolf

Distribution

Swiss distribution:

LookNow!

World rights:

a film company.

production information

A HesseGreutert Film production

In co-production with:

SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen / Odyssee Film

Supported by:

Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI), Schweiz / Filmstiftung Zürich / Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia der Kantone Basel-Stadt und Basel-Landschaft / Kulturstiftung Winterthur / Alfred Richterich / Migros-Kulturprozent

Festivals

Solothurner Filmtage 2008 / Dok. Fest München 2008