''Ricordare Anna'' is a 2004 Swiss German and Italian language
drama film
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. It was filmed and produced at locations in Sicily and in Switzerland, and is starring
Bibiana Beglau
Bibiana Beglau (born 16 July 1971) is a German actress.
Life
Born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Bibiana Beglau is the daughter of a border guard and a nurse. After training as an actor at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg, she wor ...
and
Mathias Gnädinger
Mathias Gnädinger (25 March 1941 – 3 April 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor.
Career
Initially a typesetter and typographer, Gnädinger began his acting training at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'' (now part of the Zurich University of ...
.
Cast
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Bibiana Beglau
Bibiana Beglau (born 16 July 1971) is a German actress.
Life
Born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Bibiana Beglau is the daughter of a border guard and a nurse. After training as an actor at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg, she wor ...
as Anna Looser
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Giuseppe Cederna as Padre
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Jean-Pierre Cornu as Professor Schweizer
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Tina Engel as Pastor
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Hans-Joachim Frick as Senior civil servant
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Mathias Gnädinger
Mathias Gnädinger (25 March 1941 – 3 April 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor.
Career
Initially a typesetter and typographer, Gnädinger began his acting training at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'' (now part of the Zurich University of ...
as Viktor Looser
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Urs Jucker as
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Stefan Kollmuss as Doctor
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Carla Mignosi as Giuseppina
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Tanja Onorato as Daniela
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Pippo Pollina as Salvo Marotta
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Yves Raeber
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as Dr. Müller
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Sebastian Rudolph as Frank
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Suly Röthlisberger as Beth Looser
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People
* Margareta (missionary) (c. 1369–c. 1425), Swedish missionary
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as Olga Marotta
Plot (excerpt)
''Viktor Looser'' (Mathias Gnädinger) searches of forgiveness, and revisits places joint with his emotions and mistakes from the past, but instead of constantly focusing on his daughter's ''Anna'' (Bibiana Beglau) death. He finally gets in touch with her life, far away from Switzerland, in
Sicily
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, where Anna felt drawn to in the mid 1980s after completing her degree in Italian. The spirited student left behind her involvement in the
youth rebellion of the 1980s in Zürich, and, to her father's disappointment, Anna passed up the opportunity of a career at the university...
Title
The Italian language title ''Ricordare Anna'' means ''Remember Anna''.
Production
Produced by ''Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG'',
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF; "Swiss Radio and Television") is a Swiss broadcasting company created on 1 January 2011 through the merger of radio company Schweizer Radio DRS (SR DRS) and television company Schweizer Fernsehen (SF). The ...
SRF and
Radiotelevisione svizzera
Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (; RSI, abbreviated as RTSI until 28 February 2009) is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation, part of SRG SSR. RSI handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programs in Italia ...
RSI, ''Ricordare Anna'' was filmed at locations in Switzerland and Italy. The Swiss drama film premiered at the
Solothurn Film Festival on 24 January 2005.
On 3 February 2005 ''Ricordare Anna'' premierred at the Swiss German cinemas, on 22 February 2006 in the French speaking area of Switzerland.
Reception
The Swiss movie portal ''cineman'' claimed, ''... and that Viktor seems also to find his love to the reconciliatory happy end, is almost overdid. However, Walo Deuber has realized a full-bodied and poignant film, which is open to top-notch in the supporting roles.
Festivals
* 2005: 40. Solothurner Filmtage.
* 2005: 58. Festival internazionale del film Locarno.
* 2006: 19ème Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz.
Awards
* 2005:
Swiss Film Prize, nomination ''Best Performance in a Leading Role'' (Bester Hauptdarsteller/Beste Hauptdarstellerin) for
Mathias Gnädinger
Mathias Gnädinger (25 March 1941 – 3 April 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor.
Career
Initially a typesetter and typographer, Gnädinger began his acting training at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'' (now part of the Zurich University of ...
.
References
External links
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2004 films
Swiss drama films
2000s Italian-language films
Swiss German-language films
2004 drama films
Films shot in Zürich
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