Wätterschmöcker
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| Original title | Wätterschmöcker |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Swiss German |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 98 minutes |
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| Director | Thomas Horat |
| script | Thomas Horat |
| production | Salome Pitschen, Settebello Filmproduktion |
| music | Hujässler |
| camera | Salome Pitschen, Christian Zulauf |
| cut | Salome Pitschen |
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Wetterschmöcker is a Swiss documentary film by Thomas Horat from 2009. It deals with the so-called " Central Switzerland meteorologists ".
action
In central Switzerland, and especially in the Schwyz region , a traditional type of weather forecast has been preserved. It is not based on satellite data and computer models, but on observations of the behavior of animals and plants, on the cloud images and the winds. A group of local men act as weather prophets, here called Wätterschmöcker. The dialect term translates as weather-tasters and means that these men taste, smell and feel the weather. The film accompanies the weather prophets in their everyday lives. This also includes the six-monthly meetings of the Innerschwyzer Meteorologen Association, which has existed since 1947. It was founded when the radio weather forecast became more and more important and wants to preserve and maintain the tradition of the weather prophet.
The portrayed in the movie forecasters are: Martin Holdener "Muser" Benny Wagner "Geissdädi," Martin Horat "Wättermissionär" Peter Suter "Sandblaster" Karl Reichmuth "ibex hunters," Alois Holdener "Tannzäpfler" and Schinner Peter, who no nickname has .
production
The film was made between 2007 and 2009 and was shot in the region of Schwyz and Einsiedeln: around the two myths in Ilgau, in Hinterbergen in the Stoos area , in the Riemenstaldental and in the Muotatal . It premiered at the Mythenforum Schwyz in 2009. The film had a budget of CHF 200,000, which was covered by the following institutions: Swiss Television SRF , Canton Schwyz Cultural Office, Ernst Göhner Foundation , Avina Foundation, Family Vontobel Foundation, Sparkasse Schwyz , Kantonalbank Schwyz, Victorinox , Roh-Arch GmbH.
music
The music for the film was composed especially for the film by the musicians of the local folk music formation Hujässler . The formation has existed since 1998 and consists of younger musicians who interpret traditional Swiss folk music in a modern way. They can also be seen in a scene in the film and they play in an alpine inn to entertain the audience.
reception
In 2009 and 2010, the film generated wide press coverage outside of Switzerland, for example in Germany, Austria and the USA.
Awards and festivals
The film was shown at the following festivals
- Solothurn Film Festival , 2010
- Doc Outlook, Nyon , 2010
- The new Heimatfilm , 2010
- Radstadt Film Festival in Radstadt , Austria, 2010
- Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison , 2011
- Environmental Film Festival, Washington, DC , 2012
Web links
- Wätterschmöcker at Mythenfilm
Individual evidence
- ^ Press echo: Mythenfilm. Retrieved June 16, 2020 .