Schlachtzeichen
Crowds in a festive mood, patriotic swaggering, the masses dancing with abandon pass in front of our eyes, placed in context with excerpts from war films and play-acted scenes showing a group of soldiers ordered to attend the celebrations commemorating the Battle of Sempach. The 'found' footage is combined in an imaginative collage, not exactly a 'hymn to the fatherland', but a work that rouses the viewer by sanctioning criticism of myths and heroes, armies and motorways.
- Runtime
- 54m
- Released
- 1988
Details
Release year: 1988
Storyline
Crowds in a festive mood, patriotic swaggering, the masses dancing with abandon pass in front of our eyes, placed in context with excerpts from war films and play-acted scenes showing a group of soldiers ordered to attend the celebrations commemorating the Battle of Sempach. The 'found' footage is combined in an imaginative collage, not exactly a 'hymn to the fatherland', but a work that rouses the viewer by sanctioning criticism of myths and heroes, armies and motorways.
Top credits
- Melchior Morger — Leutnant
- Werner Meyer — Korporal
- Tschuli Portmann — Soldat
- Simon Meyer — Soldat, Ritter