Chris the Swiss

Chris the Swiss

2DCS/ES
Director:Anja Kofmel
Length:90 minutes
Genre:Document, Animated

DIE DOKU

Director: Anja Kofmel

Croatia, January 1992. In the midst of the Yugoslav Wars, Christian "Chris" Würtenberg, a young Swiss journalist is found dead in mysterious circumstances. He was wearing the uniform of an international mercenary group. He was called Chris or "the Swiss" by the fighters. His cousin, Anja Kofmel, is the director of the film which has archive footing, live interviews, and animation parts. She traveled to the war sites 25 years after the actual events and interviewed people who had known Chris. Haunting animation scenes really show the horrors of war for the civilians and also the soldiers. There is no good or bad side, both sides are involved in war crimes. Chris investigated perhaps naively about the reasons people had ...

Length: 90 min

Year: 2018

Country of origin:

  • Germany
  • Finland
  • Croatia
  • Switzerland

DIE DOKU

Director: Anja Kofmel

Croatia, January 1992. In the midst of the Yugoslav Wars, Christian "Chris" Würtenberg, a young Swiss journalist is found dead in mysterious circumstances. He was wearing the uniform of an international mercenary group. He was called Chris or "the Swiss" by the fighters. His cousin, Anja Kofmel, is the director of the film which has archive footing, live interviews, and animation parts. She traveled to the war sites 25 years after the actual events and interviewed people who had known Chris. Haunting animation scenes really show the horrors of war for the civilians and also the soldiers. There is no good or bad side, both sides are involved in war crimes. Chris investigated perhaps naively about the reasons people had ...

Year: 2018

Country of origin:

  • Germany
  • Finland
  • Croatia
  • Switzerland