Tyfelstei
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| Original title | Tyfelstei |
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| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Swiss German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
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| Director | Chris Bucher |
| script | Chris Bucher, Severin Gmünder |
| production | Chris Bucher, Andreas Christen |
| music | Ramon Kündig |
| camera | Severin Gmünder |
| cut | Chris Bucher |
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Tyfelstei (high German: Teufelsstein ) is a Swiss mystery thriller by director and actor Chris Bucher from 2014 .
action
A car drives lonely over the Gotthard Pass at night . Young Mike Dorn at the wheel. After a short rest, Mike discovers a mysterious, strangely dressed hitchhiker on the roadside. Since she looks disturbed and doesn't speak, he decides to take her to the next hospital. Suddenly she involved him in a car accident at the Schöllenen Gorge . He races head-on into the legendary Teufelsstein and loses consciousness.
Mike wakes up in the doctor's office in a nearby mountain village. The hitchhiker has disappeared without a trace. He also has to find out that the village is completely cut off from the outside world due to violent storms.
In addition, he has been plagued by cruel nightmares since the accident, in which the hitchhiker appears again and again. Consequences of his accident? A message from the beyond?
Mike begins to investigate the village with the Zurich journalist Laura Wenger, who is also stranded in the mountain village. They soon discover that he has got caught up in events that affect the village, but also himself.
Finally they come across ever darker machinations that lead back deeper and deeper into Swiss history, when the desperate villagers made a pact with the devil. Pastor Konrad seems to know more than he admits.
And what role does Gabriel play, who keeps crossing Mike's path in a threatening way?
background
Director Bucher launched the idea for Tyfelstei back in 2009. At that time he was still at drama school. He found a producer in Schwyzer Andreas Christen from the Film Association Schwyz (FAS). That's why many people from Schwyz took part in the shooting of the film: as extras, assistants and runners. Silvan Schindler from Schwyz is responsible for the lighting, Ramon Kündig composed the film music. The shooting of the film was realized with 9,000 Swiss francs.
With the elaborate post-production, the total production costs amount to around 20,000 francs.
The filming locations were Hospental , Schwyz , Lucerne and the Leventina region .
The film started on April 8, 2014 in Lucerne .
Reviews
“It must be noted that this was not a second Shining , but a solid mystery thriller against the mighty mountain backdrop of the Gotthard, with little blood, a lot of tension and a surprising ending. This debut may be described as a perhaps not perfect, but successful production by a hopeful directing and acting talent that makes you want more. Rating: 85% Rating: worth seeing "
Web links
- Official website
- Tyfelstei in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tyfelstei. In: zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016 ; accessed on August 8, 2018 .