IN PRODUCTION - DOCUMENTARIES
by Stina Werenfels
The outstanding reputation of the Schauspielhaus Zurich is based on artists exiled during the Nazi era, such as Bertolt Brecht and Therese Giehse. The theatre became a centre of cultural resistance against fascism in Europe. After the war, the theatre established itself with Frisch and Dürrenmatt and modern American authors. What has been forgotten is that this was all thanks to a German Jew: Kurt Hirschfeld.
by Anja Reiss, Jann Anderegg
The interactive Roadmovie follows the trail of a convicted war criminal with ties to Switzerland. On a journey through contemporary Rwanda, the viewer decides how deeply he wants to immerse himself in the story.
by Christian Labhart
Bernard Rambert, one of Switzerland's best-known lawyers, talks for the first time in detail about his work as a criminal defence lawyer, places it in the historical context of the last 50 years as a contemporary witness and draws a bow to the present. What is the balance sheet of a person who has spent his entire life fighting for radical change through legal means?
by Samir
The Social-Democratic Party and the trade unions shaped the Swiss working-class culture for over 100 years, but in the early 1970s many of these institutions collapsed in just a decade. Today, no one speaks of the working class anymore. And the term "worker" has become synonymous with "foreigner." How did this come about?