Christa or Land of Silence - Switzerland
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16mm Film - Christa or Land of Silence - BRD/Switzerland 1974
Camera, Script and Direction: Hans Peter Scheier
Music: Franz Schubert
Narrator: Rosemarie Fendel
Cast: Christa Temperli, Angela Müller, Maria Winne, Jürg Müller, Rob Gepner, and the Guyer family
"Christa or Land of Silence" concerns so-called in-between realms, here the one between life and final death. A pregnant woman wants to escape giving birth to her child by attempting to drown herself. In the time between losing consciousness and being rescued by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by a young farmer, the young woman meets her child, though already in the form of a twelve-year-old girl. An old woman also appears, who like the evil fairy in fairy tales makes prophecies: "Nothing more can be done, time has run out." Regaining consciousness, the woman decides to give birth to her child.
Camera, Script and Direction: Hans Peter Scheier
Music: Franz Schubert
Narrator: Rosemarie Fendel
Cast: Christa Temperli, Angela Müller, Maria Winne, Jürg Müller, Rob Gepner, and the Guyer family
"Christa or Land of Silence" concerns so-called in-between realms, here the one between life and final death. A pregnant woman wants to escape giving birth to her child by attempting to drown herself. In the time between losing consciousness and being rescued by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by a young farmer, the young woman meets her child, though already in the form of a twelve-year-old girl. An old woman also appears, who like the evil fairy in fairy tales makes prophecies: "Nothing more can be done, time has run out." Regaining consciousness, the woman decides to give birth to her child.
Sources
- YouTube channel: The Art of Film on 16mm · video ↗ — title, description, video
- 16mm Filmography editors — title, year, country, description
Record added 2026-06-12 21:02:56