Foreign Land - English title
A 2002 Swiss production [Filmwerk, Silvertrain (Lucerne)]
Producers: Sascha Klement, Bruno Gasser, Reinhard Steiner
Director: Luke Gasser
Story: Luke Gasser
Screenplay: Luke Gasser
Cinematography: Roger Brülisauer [color]
Music: Luke Gasser
Running time: 108 minutes
Cast:
David - Luke Gasser
Kathri - Karisa Meyer
Kobi - Bruno Gasser
Sepp - Gerhard Halter
D’s Hindra Bat - Marcel Imfeld
Prince Maximilian - Adrian Hossli
Karl Bodmer - Markus Omlin (Mario Scarpellini)
Sara - Ginger Wagner
Ernst - Hans Ming
Zurmuhli - Oskar Kochli
Enz - Albert Sigrist
Sami - Florian Ast
Riodi - Riodi Gasser
Werni - Werner Vogler
Naz - Hugo Imfeld
Pfarrer - Johannes Peyer
Imfeld - Ueli Zutter
Stockman - Oskar Stockmann
von Flue - Bruno Imfeld
Wirz - Josef Nigg
Dillier - Primus Camenzind
Amstalden - Peter Lienert
Schreiber - Romano Cuonz
French Attache - Jean-Sebastian Charriere
substitute - Ignaz Egger
Oberts de Kalbermatten - Franzizkus Abgottspon
Trommierjunge - Samuel Ming
French officer - Bernard Arnold
Tscheche - Jose de Neve
Hans - Christian Imfeld
Kari - Heinz Odermatt
Alter Bauer - Hans Ottiger
Gendarm officer - Danny Ming
Gendarm lieutenant - Urs Kafader
Gendarms - Dennis Schutmann, Karl-Heinz Ming, Robert Rohrer
Starke Mannen - Rudolf Hunsperger, Harry Knusel, Arnold Ehrensberger, Silvio Rufenacht
Kathris Begleiterin - Gaby Imfeld
David’s mother - Margrith Gsteiger
David’s father - Niklaus Kaufmann
Eintracht-Wirtin - Caja Windlin
Berramann - Tony Imfeld
Wildmann - Glois Imfeld
Husar - Peter Schrackmann
The Rees Hunter - Gary Peterson
Ol’ Two Moons - Denver Rohner
Ol’ George - George Korhel
coachman - Kim Merchant
Cheyenne - Patrick Allori, Donlin Manybadhorses
mountain men - Rex Vertrees, E.R. Nolt, Jr., Mike Betz, Henry Betz, Jeff Martin, John Christian
Betende - Hanny Sutter, Marie Vogler, Ruth Gasser, Hanspeter Von Moos
Alperchibli-Muisig - Ernst Spichtig, Heini Dillier, Hans Britischgi
with: Longo Spichtig, Rolf Laubli, Peter Imfeld, Beat Halter, Karin Krummenacher, Rosmarie Zurgilgen, Erwin Odermatt, Urs Albert, Andre Albert, Hans-Heini Dillier, Christian Abplanalp, Niklaus Halter, Zuri Zurgilgen
Foreign Land starts with a thin framed story, a young woman with a bundle of letters and a pencil sketch of a trapper, and thus initiates a journey into the past. Reading the letters, the story of the illustrious history of the central character, Swiss servant David, comes to life. It is 1810 and Napoleon's troops are forcibly recruited and deserted during the Russian campaign. Back home, he finds his true love dating someone else. He establishes himself in a village after the fresh wind of the French Revolution but the same old power structures remain: a servant remains a servant, the pastor preaches from the pulpit. David is caught poaching and shoots an adversary. This is definitely the time for the emigration to the foreign land of America, for which he has been toying with the idea for some time now. In America, he becomes a free man and a trapper, but with nostalgia and unable to forget his homeland.
YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-JApOcuWLI
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