- Director: Urs Odermatt
- Screenplay: Urs Odermatt (based on the theatre play by Urs Odermatt)
- Cinematography: Marcus Rave
- Editing: Ruth Schönegge
- Cast: Jörg-Heinrich Benthien, Miriam Japp, Paula Schramm, Julia Heydkamp
- Production:
Jasmin Morgan / Nordwest Film
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- Festivals: Rome Independent Film Festival (New Vision Award)
- Homepage: derboeseonkel.ch/
Urs Odermatt
was born in 1955 in Stans, Nidwalden and studied directing and dialogue writing with the Polish masters Krzysztof Kieślowski and Edward Żebrowski. When researching for his feature film Constable Zumbühl in 1992 he discovered the photographs by Arnold Odermatt and arranged them to the series Karambolage, On Duty, Off Duty und Feierabend (Gallery Springer, Berlin. Steidl Publishing, Göttingen).
Filmography
1988 Gekauftes Glück
1990 Der Tod zu Basel (TV)
1994 Wachtmeister Zumbühl
1996 Polizeiruf 110 – Kleine Dealer, große Träume (TV)
1998 Tatort – Ein Hauch von Hollywood (TV)
2009 Mein Kampf
2011 Der böse Onkel
Theatre
Saarländisches Staatstheater,
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater,
Theater St. Gallen
A village in the woods. Everybody knows everybody else; everybody knows everything about the others. The town is far away. The locals are all by themselves. Trix Brunner, a single mother who moved to the village years ago, accuses a sports teacher of sexually molesting her daughter. The whole village is outraged at the mother for making such a claim. After all, the accused is a former national champion in high diving. Armin’s trophies in the local bar’s display case are like a shrine to the villagers. Newcomers are tolerated as long as they are discrete and keep out of other people’s business. Trix Brunner is punished with isolation. But she hasn’t cut off all contacts to the city.