PIAZZA GRANDE
MONTE VERITÀ directed by Stefan Jäger 2
1906. Hanna wants nothing more than to free herself from her bourgeois corset. When she flees to the notorious Monte Verità, leaving her daughters behind, she is initially reluctant to accept the free lifestyle of those seeking meaning. But when she begins to photograph the guests, she grows beyond herself. In her devotion to art, she has to ask herself: can she return to her family without giving up herself?
Fiction
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SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA / GERMANY Fiction, 115 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: German SCREENPLAY: Kornelija Naraks CAST: Maresi Riegner, Max Hubacher, Julia Jentsch, Hannah Herzsprung, Joel Basman, Philipp Hauß PRODUCTION: tellfilm GmbH, Zurich / KGP Filmproduktion, Vienna / COIN FILM, Cologne / RSI / ORF / MMC Movies, Cologne / blue SWISS PRODUCER: Katrin Renz
STEFAN JÄGER * 1970. Stefan Jäger is a director, screenwriter and lecturer. He graduated from the Film Academy BadenWürttemberg in 1997 and has since worked as a director. His films screened at inter national festivals and have received numerous awards. Since 1998 he is owner of tellfilm GmbH in Zurich. He works as a lecturer in Ludwigsburg and since 2018 as head of the script department at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).