''Location Africa'' is a
1987
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documentary film by Swiss filmmaker
Steff Gruber
Steff Gruber (born 3 April 1953 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a film director, photographer, author, entrepreneur and telecommunications and internet pioneer.
Life
Steff Gruber is the son of the painter Hannes Gruber and Annemarie Gruber-Vogelsanger ...
.
Overview
Cinematographer Rainer Klausmann introduced Steff Gruber to the German film director
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with u ...
in 1985, during the shoot of Gruber's film ''
Fetish & Dreams''. In 1987, Herzog invited Gruber to
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
to document the filming of Herzog's ''
Cobra Verde
''Cobra Verde'' (also known as ''Slave Coast'') is a 1987 German drama film directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski, in their fifth and final collaboration. Based upon Bruce Chatwin's 1980 novel '' The Viceroy of Ouidah'', the film d ...
'', which would be the last cooperative project of Herzog and actor
Klaus Kinski.
Festivals
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Solothurn Film Festival
The Solothurn Film Festival (SFT) is the most important festival for Swiss film productions. Founded in 1966 in the Swiss city of Solothurn, the annual festival presents a representative selection of Swiss feature, documentary, and short film produ ...
1988
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International Istanbul Film Festival
The Istanbul Film Festival ( tr, İstanbul Film Festivali) is the first and oldest international film festival in Turkey, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. It is held every year in April in movie theaters in Istanbul, Tu ...
1988
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International Film Festival "Alpinale" Bludenz
Bludenz (; Alemannic: ''Bludaz'') is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative seat of the Bludenz District, which encompasses about half of the Vorarlberg's territory.
Geography
The town is located on the ...
1988
References
External links
''Location Africa''at the
Internet Movie Database
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Swiss documentary films
Films directed by Steff Gruber
1987 films
Swiss independent films
Documentary films about films
Films set in Ghana
Documentary films about Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski
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