Berta Urech, Quartiermacherin

A helper to refugees at Zurich Wipkingen

Switzerland 1989. 16mm, colour, 16 min.
 

Image: Berta Urech, Quartiermacherin Image: Berta Urech, Quartiermacherin

A woman tells how she searched for shelter and food for emigrants and refugees during the Hitler period.

Sympathy from the locals, problems with the authorities and the police – a lot of people who were politically persecuted hat to live illegally and be hidden in Switzerland.

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DirectorMathias Knauer
WithBerta Urech
PhotographyRob Gnant, Bernhard Lehner
SoundAndreas Litmanowitsch, Mathias Knauer
EditingMathias Knauer
MusicKomintern-Lied, Instrumentalsatz von Hanns Eisler
Duration16 min.
Screening formats16mm
Shooting format16mm
Versionsdeutsch/schweizerdeutsch
ReleaseSolothurner Filmtage 1989
Festivals, AwardsSolothurn 1989
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Official Link / Website:  mathiasknauer.lemmata.ch