Alpine Fire
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| Höhenfeuer (film) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fredi M. Murer |
| Written by | Fredi M. Murer |
| Cinematography | Pio Corradi |
| Edited by | Helena Gerber |
| Music by | Mario Beretta |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Switzerland |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Swiss German |
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Alpine Fire (German: Höhenfeuer) is a 1985 Swiss drama film written and directed by Fredi M. Murer. Set on a remote mountain farm, it follows the relationship between a deaf boy and his sister. Shot in the canton of Uri, it won the Golden Leopard at the 1985 Locarno International Film Festival.[1][2]
Synopsis
Bub, who is deaf from birth, lives with his sister Belli and their parents on a remote mountain farm. Their father resists sending him to an institution, and after leaving school Belli becomes a maid in her own home and a teacher to her younger brother. The two have been inseparable since childhood and love one another.[3]
Cast
The cast includes:[1]
- Thomas Nock as Bub
- Johanna Lier as Belli
- Dorothea Moritz as Mother
- Rolf Illig as Father
- Tilli Breidenbach as Grandmother
- Jörg Odermatt as Grandfather
Production
Murer originally considered Iceland as the setting, but the film was made in Switzerland.[2] It was shot in the canton of Uri, with the main location at Wasserplatten above Silenen and additional filming at Mettener Butzli in the Schächental and at Wissiflue above Wolfenschiessen. Murer said he wanted to avoid postcard-like Alpine imagery and therefore kept recognisable mountain skylines out of frame. Although he used professional actors, the dialogue was written in standard language so it could later be dubbed by Uri amateur performers in local dialect.[2]
Reception
The film won the Golden Leopard at the 1985 Locarno International Film Festival.[4][5] The award helped give it a strong cinema release, and the film was a major success in Swiss cinemas while also receiving attention abroad.[5] It has also been described as a love story and discussed in relation to the Heimatfilm tradition.[6] It was ranked among the best Swiss films in a 2014 survey by the film magazine Frame.[1]
Festival screenings
The film continued to be shown at later festivals, including the Locarno Film Festival in 2007 and 2019, the Solothurn Film Festival in 2015, the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in 2017, and Festival Lumière in 2021.[3] It was screened by Filmstelle on 5 April 2016, with director Fredi M. Murer present for a Q&A after the film.[7]
See also
- List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Höhenfeuer". Filmpodium (in Deutsch). Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KANTON: «Höhenfeuer» lodert bis heute". Urner Zeitung (in Deutsch). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Höhenfeuer". Swiss Films (in Deutsch). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Höhenfeuer". archive.pardo.ch. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Film-Tipp des Tages: «Höhenfeuer»". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in Deutsch). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Höhenfeuer". Film Bulletin (in Deutsch). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Höhenfeuer". Filmstelle (in Deutsch). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
External links
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