Usfahrt Oerlike

Usfahrt Oerlike
Directed by Paul Riniker
Produced by Paul Riniker
Rudolf Santschi
Written by Christa Paul
Thomas Hostettler
Jonas Schürch
Starring Jörg Schneider
Mathias Gnädinger
Music by Marcel Vaid
Cinematography Felix von Muralt
Distributed by Frenetic Films[1]
Release dates
  • January 2015
Running time
 94 minutes
Country Switzerland
Language Swiss German

Usfahrt Oerlikon (German: Ausfahrt Oerlikon) is a 2015 Swiss German language film. It was filmed and produced at locations in Zürich respectively in Switzerland, and is the second last film starring Mathias Gnädinger.[2]

Cast

Plot (excerpt)

Hans (Jörg Schneider) resumes that he had a good life: He has seen the world and loved his wife Martheli. Since two years, Martha is dead, he can barely cope with everyday life and Hans is tired, he wants to die. His best friend Willi (Mathias Gnädinger) will help him to implement this plan.[3]

An unfortunate accident forced Hans to enter for a few weeks the local retirement home. However, neither the nurse Mary (Beatrice Blackwell) nor the conversations with Mrs. Brütsch (Heidi Maria Glössner) motivate Hans to enjoy his life in the age institution. But when his son suddenly enters his life again, Hans seems to hesitate to end his life by suicide...[4]

Title

The title of the film derives from the Swiss German term meaning Exit Oerlikon; usfahrt may also refer to "end" (of life).

Reception

Although the storyline sometimes is sluggish and the story does not always add up, the film is worth to be seen...On the other hand, the two main characters are a blast.[5]

— Kati Moser, Schweizer Illustrierte on 30 January 2015.

A lovely, melancholy drama about the molests of age, and silent as sighing to himself smugness. Not always, this film wants to be just that. Most of all, sometimes, it also creates a universal world harmony. Then the melodrama drives something lush, and the story of a small potential suburban reality pushes down into the big humanistic horn. But that does not damage the simple and easy sympathetic nucleus.[6]

— Christoph Schneider, Tages Anzeiger on 28 January 2015.

Production

For the plot,[6] the play EXIT by Thomas Hostettler was adapted.[7] The film was shot and produced in Zürich and at locations in Switzerland. According to Paul Riniker, a sequel was planned but will not be realized as Mathias Gnädinger died on 3 April 2015.[8] Premiered at the Solothurn Film Festival on 23 January 2015, Usfahrt Oerlike was aired in the the Swiss German cinemas starting on 29 January 2015.[9]

Festivals

Awards

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Usfahrt Oerlike". swissfilms.ch. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  2. ↑ Michael Sennhauser (2015-04-04). "An Aufhören dachte Mathias Gnädinger nicht" (in German). SRF Kultur. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Usfahrt Oerlike" (in German). cineman.ch. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  4. ↑ "Usfahrt Oerlike". outnow.ch (in German). Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  5. ↑ Kati Moser (2015-01-30). "«Usfahrt Oerlike» (CH): Bedingungslose Freundschaft" (in German). Schweizer Illustrierte. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Christoph Schneider (2015-01-28). "Reise ins Land der Kleinigkeiten" (in German). Tages Anzeiger. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Wenn das Leiden kein Ende nehmen will" (in German). reformiert.info. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
  8. ↑ "«G&G Spezial» zu Ehren von Mathias Gnädinger" (in German). SRF 1. 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  9. ↑ "«Usfahrt Oerlike» feiert in Solothurn Weltpremiere" (in German). solothurnerfilmtage.ch. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  10. ↑ "PRIX DU PUBLIC 2015: Usfahrt Oerlike" (in German). solothurnerfilmtage.ch. 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2015-04-04.

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