Men in the ring

documentary
Original title	Men in the ring
Country of production	Switzerland
Publishing year	1990
length	73 minutes
Rod
Director	Erich Langjahr
script	Erich Langjahr
production	Langjahr Film GmbH
music	Mani Planzer composition and direction, Hans Anliker (pos), Toni Birrer (th, tub, alphorn), Peter Böhringer (tp), Martin Brügger (kb), Manuel Hebeisen (ob, eh), Florian Nussbaumer (tp, flh), Manuel Oertli (ts, Talerschwung), Peter Schmid (sax, bcl, afl)
camera	Erich Langjahr , Otmar Schmid , André Simmen
cut	Edwige Ochsenbein , Erich Langjahr
occupation
	Klara Knecht (village shop); Anni and Franz Schüle (hairdresser and restaurant Harmonie); Fridolin Ecknauer (pensioner); Walter Bruderer (carpenter); Ruedi Stuber (painter); Edwin Gantenbein (painter); Kurt Brunke (high pressure cleaning); Antoinette Müller (wool, mercerie); Paul Meier (church minister); Hans Rohner (Altlandweibel); Liseli Müller; Peter Müller; Rita Vracko (bakery, pastry shop Müller); Fredy Ammann with apprentice Konrad Oertli (Butcher Ammann); Participants in the Landsgemeinde 1989 in Hundwil Appenzell Ausserrhoden: Arnold Koller (Federal Councilor); Government councilors: Hans Ueli Hohl , Hans Höhener , Jost Leuzinger , Hansjakob Niederer , Alfred Stricker , Hans Mettler , Hanswalter Schmid , Werner Niederer ; Jakob Freund (Landweibel),; Hansjörg Ritter (Police Commander),; Peter Hafner (administrative police); and all those involved in the Landsgemeinde;

Men in the Ring is a documentary film from 1990 by Swiss director Erich Langjahr . The film is Langjahr's personal gift to mark the 700th year of the Swiss Confederation's birth.

Emergence

The film “Men in the Ring” was made for the anniversary “ 700 Years of the Confederation ” and forms the last part of a trilogy that also includes “ Morgarten takes place ” (1978) and “ Ex Voto ” (1986).

In 2020 the film was digitally restored with the help of Memoriav (Association for the Preservation of Switzerland's Audiovisual Heritage).

content

The men from Appenzell Ausserrhoden voted for or against cantonal women's suffrage at the Landsgemeinde in Hundwil in 1989 . The film is an ethnography of the events surrounding this centuries-old tradition . It shows how the traditional order comes into conflict with the new time and how the Appenzell people are excited about the historic day. The Landsgemeinde 1989 was the last male parish of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .

In 1991, Andreas Furler wrote about this film in the Tagesanzeiger: “Instead of patronizing commentary, Erich Langjahr focuses in“ Men in the Ring ”on the ethnographic perspective that has always distinguished the best Swiss documentary films. Old, overdue braids should be cut off. But one clings to them, instinctively fearing that with them part of the traditional identity will be lost. In the arguments of the people of Appenzell in front of Langjahr's camera, which were sometimes absurd and sometimes met, it is precisely this conflict of understanding and feeling that is expressed. "

Awards

"Mention spéciale" du Jury Internat. , Festival Int. Nyon 1990
"Mention spéciale" by the public jury, Festival Int. Nyon 1990
Honorary Diploma of the International Jury, Leipzig Documentary Film Week 1990
"Le grand prix documentaire", Festival du Film de Strasbourg de l'Institut International des Droits de l'Homme , 1991
"Honorable Mention" Society for visual anthropology film and video festival, San Francisco 1992
"Honorable Mention" Int. Ethnographic Film Festival , Göttingen 1993
The award issue from "the Baltic Independent", Pärnu Int. Visual Anthropology Festival, Pärnu Estonia 1994
Quality premium for the Federal Department of the Interior

The film received not only attention in German-speaking Switzerland, but also in the French and Italian-speaking parts of the country and internationally.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Beda Hanimann: Portrait of a canton mentality . In: Eastern Switzerland . December 24, 1990.
^ Andreas Furler: Father's Day; "Men in the Ring"; A meaningful and amusing contribution to the Swiss jubilee year as well as to the women's strike . In: Tagesanzeiger . June 14, 1991.
↑ Wilfried Geldner: From the small and the large freedoms; Swiss national film show / cinema documentary in opposition to the reportage style of television . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . February 1, 1991.
^ Jury du 19 ° Festival du Film de Strasbourg de la compétition des films documentaires: Award certificate . Ed .: Institut International des Droits de l'Homme. March 23, 1991.
^ Philippe Schneider: Nyon; Le Festival du film documentaire a démarré; Quatre filtres, un objectif . In: Tribune de Genève . October 15, 1990.
^ Guglielmo Volonterio: Cinema; Giornate di Soletta . In: Corriere del Ticino . January 26, 1991.
^ John Bendix, Regina Bendix: Film Reviews; Men in the ring by Erich Langjahr . In: International Folklore Review . tape 9 , 1992.
^ Peter Claus: Impressions from the 33rd International Week for Documentary and Animated Film . In: The morning . December 1, 1990.

[1] Beda Hanimann: Portrait of a canton mentality . In: Eastern Switzerland . December 24, 1990.

[2] Andreas Furler: Father's Day; "Men in the Ring"; A meaningful and amusing contribution to the Swiss jubilee year as well as to the women's strike . In: Tagesanzeiger . June 14, 1991.

[3] Wilfried Geldner: From the small and the large freedoms; Swiss national film show / cinema documentary in opposition to the reportage style of television . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . February 1, 1991.

[4] Jury du 19 ° Festival du Film de Strasbourg de la compétition des films documentaires: Award certificate . Ed .: Institut International des Droits de l'Homme. March 23, 1991.

[5] Philippe Schneider: Nyon; Le Festival du film documentaire a démarré; Quatre filtres, un objectif . In: Tribune de Genève . October 15, 1990.

[6] Guglielmo Volonterio: Cinema; Giornate di Soletta . In: Corriere del Ticino . January 26, 1991.

[7] John Bendix, Regina Bendix: Film Reviews; Men in the ring by Erich Langjahr . In: International Folklore Review . tape 9 , 1992.

[8] Peter Claus: Impressions from the 33rd International Week for Documentary and Animated Film . In: The morning . December 1, 1990.