The Apprentices

The Apprentices 1964

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Several teenagers following a professional apprenticeship. Eleven young girls and boys from different parts of French-speaking Switzerland.

1964

A Quiet Pool

A Quiet Pool 2010

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Recently, the beautiful Sasha lost her husband. She is going through his tragic death very hard...

2010

The Pilgrimage

The Pilgrimage 1964

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Since 1935, inspired by the Catholic writer/lyricist/essayist and victim of World War One, Charles Péguy, students (at first from the Sorbonne) have set off on a pilgrimage towards the cathedral in Chartres. The journey takes about two to three days, Moritz de Hadeln’s documentary of the pilgrimage, called Le Pèlé for short, lasts roughly an hour. Four crews followed the groups – there are many ways leading to Chartres – on their journey through the countryside.

1964

Nativity Play II

Nativity Play II 1962

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Deaf children (led by the special needs teacher Mimi Scheiblauer) perform the nativity according to Luke.

1962

In the Shadow of Prosperity

In the Shadow of Prosperity 1961

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Im Schatten des Wohlstandes is about children; their illnesses – if that’s what we want to call them – are civilisational in nature: their parents have to abandon them to keep up with their jobs; frustration is the core of capitalism.

1961