Jenatsch

Jenatsch (1987)

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.

Date of release
1987-06-01
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Director
Daniel Schmid

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award

Jenatsch is a 1987 French-Swiss drama film directed by Daniel Schmid and written by Schmid and Martin Suter. It follows a journalist investigating the historical figure Jürg Jenatsch. As the investigation continues past and present begin to blur. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and later screened at festivals including La Rochelle, Neuchâtel, Buenos Aires, and Ankara.

Production

The film was not a direct adaptation of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer’s novel Jürg Jenatsch. Martin Suter instead wrote a new story loosely based on the novel and the historical events.

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