Jenatsch

Jenatsch — Plot

A journalist is assigned to interview an eccentric anthropologist who has exhumed the skeleton of Jörg Jenatsch, a revered freedom fighter who was mysteriously murdered in 1639. Initially disinterested, the journalist begins to uncover unflattering truths about the national hero and experiences visions in which he seems to be witnessing events that transpired over 300 years ago. As he obsessively pursues the investigation, his personal life and his grip on reality disintegrate, drawing him relentlessly toward the fatal carnival at which Jenatsch was killed.

• Release date
• June 1, 1987
• Runtime
• 97 min
• Genres
• Fantasy, Drama
• Director
• Daniel Schmid

Jenatsch — Cast

Michel Voïta Christophe Sprecher Christine Boisson Nina Vittorio Mezzogiorno Jörg Jenatsch Jean Bouise Dr. Tobler Laura Betti Mademoiselle von Planta Carole Bouquet Lucrezia von Planta

J

Jean-Marc Henchoz Pompejus von Planta

F

Fredi M. Murer L'archiviste du ciné-journal