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Gilles Tschudi
Gilles Tschudi is a Swiss actor, born in 1957. He is notable for his 2004 Swiss Film Prize for "Performance in a Supporting Role" as "Secretary Goltz" in ''Jagged Harmonies – Bach vs. Frederick II'' and for appearing in theatrical films '' Grounding'' (2006), ''Cargo'' (2009), and ''Clouds of Sils Maria'' (2014). For television he appeared in ''Lüthi und Blanc '' Lüthi und Blanc'' is a Swiss German language television drama serial (soap opera) of the 1990s and 2000s. It was filmed and produced at locations in Switzerland by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF. Cast and characters (inclompete) Plot ...'' (1999–2006), '' Das Paar im Kahn'' (2004), '' Hunkeler macht Sachen'' (2008), and '' Hunkeler und die Augen des Ödipus'' (2012) References External links * 1957 births Living people Swiss male film actors {{Switzerland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Tschudi In Swiss-US Production PhonY
The Gilles are the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium. They go out on Shrove Tuesday from 4 am until late hours and dance to traditional songs. Other cities, such as La Louvière and Nivelles, have a tradition of Gilles at carnival, but the Carnival of Binche is by far the most famous. In 2003, the Carnival of Binche was proclaimed one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.Logan p.223 Costume Around 1000 Gilles, all male, some as young as three years old, wear the traditional costume of the Gille on Shrove Tuesday. The outfit features a linen suit with red, yellow, and black heraldic designs (the colours of the Belgian flag), trimmed with large white-lace cuffs and collars. The suit is stuffed with straw, giving the Gille a hunched back. Gilles also wear wooden clogs and have bells attached to their belts. In the morning, they wear a wax mask of a particular design. After reaching the town hall, they r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aargauer Zeitung
''Aargauer Zeitung'' (English: ''Aargauer Newspaper'') is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published by AZ Medien Gruppe, Aarau, Aargau. History and operations ''Aagauer Zeitung'' was created in 1996 through the merger of the '' Aargauer Tagblatt'' and '' Badener Tagblatt'' newspapers. The paper is edited in Aarau and Baden, Aargau. It produces several local editions, including under the titles ''Zofinger Tagblatt'' and ''Limmattaler Tagblatt''. Since January 2002, ''Mittelland Zeitung'' has been the common, core section of the newspaper as well as for newspapers '' Oltner Tagblatt'' and '' Solothurner Zeitung'' with a circulation of 200,000. . In 1997 ''Aargauer Zeitung'' had a circulation of 118,578 copies. See also * List of newspapers in Switzerland The number of newspapers in Switzerland was 406 before World War I. It reduced to 257 in 1995. The country was ranked fifteenth for 2014 in the yearly Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Film Prize
The ''Swiss Film Award'' (formerly ''Swiss Film Prize'', also called ''Quartz'') (french: Prix du cinéma suisse, german: Schweizer Filmpreis, it, Premio del cinema svizzero, rm, Premi dal film svizzer) is the national film award of Switzerland, first given out in 1998. History Between 1998 to 2008 the Prize was given during the Solothurn Film Festival. From 2009 onwards the festival hosts the ''Night of Nominations'' announcement. Since then, every nomination film receives a cash-prize. Also since 2009, the ceremony has been moved to March in a more glamorous atmosphere and with a broadcasting on television. 2009 was the last year where the Jury was composed of people from the Swiss state and the Federal Office of Culture. Until that year, the award was called ''Viewfinder'' and changed its appearance every year with different designers being approached to give it a distinctive look. Since 2009 the prize awarded is a Cristal-like statue, designed by Alfredo Häberli, called "'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grounding (film)
''Grounding - Die letzten Tage der Swissair'' (en:Grounding - The last days of Swissair) is a film about the collapse in 2001 of Swissair Swissair AG/ S.A. (German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002. It was formed from a merger between Bal ..., Switzerland's national airline, by Michael Steiner and Tobias Fueter, presented in January 2006. Producers: Peter-Christian Fueter & Pascal Najadi. External links * * 2006 films Films based on actual events Swiss drama films Aviation films Swiss German-language films {{Switzerland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cargo (2009 Film)
''Cargo'' is a 2009 science fiction film, the first from Swiss production and the first major feature film by Ivan Engler. Plot It is the year 2267. After the Earth has become uninhabitable due to an ecological collapse, the remaining people live on overcrowded space stations in Earth's orbit. The young doctor Laura Portmann (Anna Katharina Schwabroh) is one of them. She hopes for a better future alongside her sister on the distant planet Rhea (unrelated to Saturn's moon Rhea). As she needs money to fund the journey, she signs up with Kuiper Enterprises for a job on the decrepit cargo ship Kassandra, heading for an eight-year flight to unmanned Station #42 and back. The crew consists of five members: Captain Lacroix (Pierre Semmler), Lindbergh (Regula Grauwiller), Yoshida (Yangzom Brauen), Prokoff (Claude-Oliver Rudolph), and Vespucci (Michael Finger). Crew members spend most of the fully automated flight in deep cryosleep while one person stays awake in 8½ month shifts to monit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clouds Of Sils Maria
''Clouds of Sils Maria'' (known simply as ''Sils Maria'' in some territories) is a 2014 psychological drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, and starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz. The film is a French-German-Swiss co-production. Principal photography took place from August to October 2013, with most of the filming taking place in Sils Maria, Switzerland. The film follows an established middle-aged actress (Binoche) who is cast as the older lover in a romantic lesbian drama opposite an upstart young starlet (Moretz). She is overcome with personal insecurities and professional jealousies—all while sexual tension simmers between her and her personal assistant (Stewart). The screenplay was written with Binoche in mind and incorporates elements from her life into the plot. ''Clouds of Sils Maria'' was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2014, and also screened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüthi Und Blanc
'' Lüthi und Blanc'' is a Swiss German language television drama serial (soap opera) of the 1990s and 2000s. It was filmed and produced at locations in Switzerland by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF. Cast and characters (inclompete) Plot (excerpt) The various plot lines are about the fate of families around the stubborn chocolate factory-owner Jean-Jacques Blanc (Hans Heinz Moser), his wife Johanna (Linda Geiser), whose daughter Catherine (Isabelle von Siebenthal) and her son, and Catherine's husband Martin Lüthi (Hans Schenker). Opponent of the Lüthi and Blanc-clans and "villain" of the series is the opaque, scheming bankers and illegitimate son of J.J. Blanc, Michael Frick (Gilles Tschudi). The serial focusses on locations in Zürich and Sainte-Croix, the location of the fictional chocolate factory J. J. Blanc. In addition to the places where the characters live and work, the locations include the "Calvados Bar" in Zurich-Wiedikon, which is run by Martin Lüthi's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Paar Im Kahn
''Das Paar im Kahn'' is a 2004 Swiss German language television film that was filmed and produced at locations in Basel respectively in Switzerland and in France. It is the first film of the six-episode serial starring Mathias Gnädinger as Kommissär Hunkeler. Cast * Mathias Gnädinger as Kommissär Peter Hunkeler * Gilles Tschudi as Kommissar Madörin * Marc Schmassmann as Korporal Lüdi * Jürg Löw as Staatsanwalt Suter * Sophie Scholz as Zarah * Andrea Bettini as Pedro * Emanuela von Frankenberg as Gerichtsmedizinerin Anne de Ville * Baris Eren as Ali Aydin * Urs Bihler as Dr. Beat Spälti * Caroline Rasser as Jugendanwältin * Tom Ryser as Theo Ruf * Pasquale Voggenhuber as Fredi Woodtli * Lale Yavaş as Aische Aydin (Türkan Yavas) * Pia Weibel as Frau Lüthi * Birol Tarkan Yildiz as Konsul Türkoglou * Birol Yildiz as Türkischer Herr #1 * Mustafa Sahingöz as Türkischer Herr #2 * Mäni Weber as Hansjörg Plot summary The young Roma ''Zarah'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunkeler Macht Sachen
''Hunkeler macht Sachen'' is a 2008 Swiss German language television film that was filmed and produced at locations in Switzerland and in France. It is the third film in the hexalogy starring Mathias Gnädinger as Swiss police detective Peter Hunkeler. Cast * Mathias Gnädinger as Kommissär Peter Hunkeler * Charlotte Heinimann as Hedwig * Oliver Tobias as Thomas Garzoni * Hanspeter Müller-Drossart as Wirt Edi * Gilles Tschudi as Madörin * Jürg Löw as Staatsanwalt Suter * Marc Schmassmann as Assistant Lüdi * Emanuela von Frankenberg as Gerichtsmedizinerin Anne de Ville * Andrea Gloggner * Peter Jecklin * Ueli Jäggi * Diana Rojas-Feile as Angel * Doris Paladini as Barbara Amsler Plot (excerpt) A prostitute with slashed earlobes is found strangled in a pond. Later, ''Kommissär'' Hunkeler (Mathias Gnädinger) finds his sidekick Schirmer also murdered with slashed earlobes, however, he gradually begins to doubt his abilities, and later even he's suspen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunkeler Und Die Augen Des Ödipus
''Hunkeler und die Augen des Ödipus'' () is a 2012 Swiss German language television film that was filmed and produced at locations in Basel respectively in Switzerland. It is the last film of the six-episode serial starring Mathias Gnädinger as ''Kommissär Hunkeler''. Cast In alphabetical order * Mathias Gnädinger as Kommissär Peter Hunkeler * Charlotte Heinimann as Hedwig * Marie Leuenberger as Beate Keller * Barbara Melzl as Judith Keller * Axel Milberg as Bernhard Vetter * Johann Adam Oest as Walter Rutziska * Gilles Tschudi as Madörin Plot (excerpt) Peter Hunkeler (Mathias Gnädinger) has been retired as ''Kommissär'' (inspector) of the Basel Police, and for the first time since years, enjoys with his fiancée Hedwig a play in the Basel theatre. His old passion goes back to his early years when he had played on stage, and planned making the acting to his profession, but then opted for the supposedly safer career with the police. The premiere of Sophocles' ''Oedipu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Births
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
