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Chris the Swiss

  • 20182018
  • 1h 30m
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Chris the Swiss (2018)
Croatia, January 1992. In the midst of the Yugoslav Wars, Chris, a young Swiss journalist is found dead in mysterious circumstances. He was wearing the uniform of an international mercenary group. Anja Kofmel was his cousin. As a little girl, she used to admire this handsome young man; now a grown-up woman, she decides to investigate his story, trying to understand what really was the involvement of Chris in the conflict ...
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Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war a young journalists' body is being found dressed with an uniform of the international mercenary group. 19 years later, his cousin Anja ... Read allCroatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war a young journalists' body is being found dressed with an uniform of the international mercenary group. 19 years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel detects his story.Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war a young journalists' body is being found dressed with an uniform of the international mercenary group. 19 years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel detects his story.
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    • Director
      • Anja Kofmel
    • Writer
      • Anja Kofmel
    • Stars
      • Susanne-Marie Wrage(voice)
      • Megan Gay(voice)
      • Christian Würtenberg(archive footage)
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    • Director
      • Anja Kofmel
    • Writer
      • Anja Kofmel
    • Stars
      • Susanne-Marie Wrage(voice)
      • Megan Gay(voice)
      • Christian Würtenberg(archive footage)
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    • 1User review
    • 29Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 16 wins & 10 nominations

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    Susanne-Marie Wrage
    Susanne-Marie Wrage
    • narrator in German version
    • (voice)
    Megan Gay
    Megan Gay
    • narrator in English version
    • (voice)
    Christian Würtenberg
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Michael Würtenberg
    • Self, Christian Würtenberg's brother
    Veronika Schwab
    • Self, Christian Würtenberg's mother
    Jürg Würtenberg
    • Self, Christian Würtenberg's father
    Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
    Ilich Ramirez Sanchez
    • Self
    • (voice)
    Ante Pavelic
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Josip Broz Tito
    Josip Broz Tito
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Slobodan Milosevic
    Slobodan Milosevic
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Sinisa Juricic
    • Self
    Heidi Rinke
    • Self, journalist
    Julio César Alonso
    • Self, journalist
    Eduardo Rózsa-Flores
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Alejandro Hernández Mora
    • Self
    Gaston Besson
    • Self
    Rod Morgan
    • Self
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      • Anja Kofmel
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      • Anja Kofmel
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    • Trivia
      The Vukovar massacre, also known as the Vukovar hospital massacre or the Ovcara massacre, was the killing of Croatian prisoners of war and civilians by Serb paramilitaries, to whom they had been turned over by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), at the Ovcara farm southeast of Vukovar on 20 November 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence.
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    • Release date
      • January 31, 2019 (Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • Switzerland
      • Germany
      • Croatia
      • Finland
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
      • Spanish
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Chris, el suizo
    • Filming locations
      • Ticino, Switzerland
    • Production companies
      • Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
      • IV Films
      • Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion
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      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos

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