''David der Tolhildan'' is a 2007

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

directed by

Mano Khalil Mano Khalil is a Kurdish-Swiss film director living in Switzerland. He studied history and law at Damascus University and moved to Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_n ...

and produced in Switzerland.

Synopsis

David Rouiller, the son of Claude Rouiller a university Professor and a former President of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, gives up a comfortable lifestyle in Switzerland and commits his life to the ideals of the Kurdish movement. Is he an adventurer, a dreamer, an idealist, a hero? Is his commitment visionary or illusionary? The film, "David the Tolhildan" encourages viewers to confront their own outlook on oppression, respect, human dignity, freedom, and violence. It also provides an impressive, realistic and up-to-date view of the current situation of the Kurdish freedom movement.

References

External links

David der Tolhildan
in the catalogue of Blinken Open Society Archives. * 2007 films Swiss documentary films Kurdish-language films 2007 documentary films {{Switzerland-film-stub