Bütler’s film is the first documentary to tell the story of the great artist Ferdinand Hodler, a huge national figure in Swiss art history. Born in 19th Century Bern, Hodler was an orphan whose painting of Wilhelm Tell has become an iconic piece of Swiss art. Prominent contributors such as writer Peter Bichsel and artist Rudolf Schindler comment on what makes Hodler’s pictures so iconic. Enlightening, moving and far removed from any clichés, the film explains the great themes of Hodler’s work – man, nature, love and death – and takes a fascinating journey into an artistic and very contemporary world.
Heinz Bütler
Director
Peter Bichsel
Self
Jura Brüschweiler
Self
Rudolf Schindler
Self
Harald Szeemann
Self
McQueen74%
Public Speaking70%
The Class of ‘9271%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Directed by John Ford70%
A Plastic Ocean75%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Night Will Fall76%
And the Oscar Goes To...68%
Extremis69%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Sherman's March67%
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Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
The Cheshire Murders65%
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180° South72%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
My Mom Jayne80%
