Züri Brännt (movie)
Züri brännt, meaning literally "Zürich is burning" may refer to: * ''Züri brännt'' (film), a Swiss documentary film of 1980 * Opernhauskrawalle, the so-called youth protests of 1980 in the Swiss city of Zürich {{disambig ...
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Züri Brännt (film)
''Züri brännt'' (titled ''Züri brännt'' in English) is a 1981 Swiss documentary film directed by the Swiss filmmakers Markus Sieber, Ronnie Wahli, Marcel Müller, Thomas Krempke. Beginning on 22 January 2015, the film was shown during the Solothurn Film Festival as one of the milestones of Swiss film history. Background ''Züri brännt'' or '' Opernhauskrawalle'', literally meaning "Zürich is burning", is the Swiss German term generally used for the youth protests in May 1980 in the Swiss city of the same name, in the canton of Zürich. Violent protests against extremely high cultural subsidies by the city which had also neglected alternative governmental cultural programs for Zürich's youth, occurred in 1980 during the so-called ''Opernhauskrawall'', or the Zürich Opera House riots. The protests took place on 30/31 May 1980 at the Sechseläutenplatz square in Zürich, but also throughout the whole city, spreading to other municipalities of Switzerland in 1980 and again ...
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