Walter Marti (director)

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Walter Marti (born July 10, 1923 in Zurich ; † December 21, 1999 there ) was a Swiss documentary filmmaker.

Life

Walter Marti spent his youth in Yverdon , where his father worked as a Protestant pastor for the German-speaking community. Through his friend Benno Besson he got to know the theater work and also his future wife Suzanne Paschoud (marriage 1947).

After graduating from high school in Zurich, Walter Marti studied Romance languages, art history and history at the University of Zurich . During his studies he worked as a journalist, translator and editor and worked for the radio.

Walter Marti began working for the film as an extra for Jacques Feyder , as a copywriter, commentary writer and subtitle writer for several hundred films. For eight months he was also head of the film department at Swiss television . In 1953 Walter Marti founded Teleproduction together with Reni Mertens - whom he met during his studies . Over four decades, Marti and Mertens subsequently produced twenty documentaries and in 1962 co-founded the Association of Swiss Film Designers (since 1998 Association of Swiss Film Directors and Scriptwriters ). Ursula or the unworthy life , a portrait of a deaf-blind girl, which arose from the collaboration with the rhythm teacher Mimi Scheiblauer , caused a stir . The Tele Production also produced some early films of Alain Tanner ( Les apprentis , 1964), Rolf Lyssy ( Eugen probably means born 1968), Jean-Jacques Lagrange and Erich Lang year ( Do it yourself , 1981). The production company was only dissolved in 1999 - shortly before the death of Marti and Mertens.

Walter Marti cultivated friendships with Bertolt Brecht , Helene Weigel , Cesare Zavattini , Helmar Lerski , Mario Comensoli , Hans Rudolf Hilty and other cultural workers.

Filmography

  • 1953: Nativity Play I
  • 1956: rhythm
  • 1958: Jour de Pêche
  • 1958: Parfums de Paris
  • 1961: In the shadow of prosperity
  • 1962: Nativity Scene II
  • 1962: Our little ones
  • 1964: Dental prophylaxis (commissioned film)
  • 1966: Ursula or the unworthy life
  • 1973: The self-destruction of Walter Matthias Diggelmann (about the writer Walter Matthias Diggelmann )
  • 1974: Hélder Câmara - Prayer for the Left (via Archbishop Hélder Câmara )
  • 1977: À propos des apprentis
  • 1980: Héritage (about the composer and painter Peter Mieg )
  • 1985: Flamenco vivo - The School of Flamenco
  • 1988: Pour écrire un mot
  • 1992: Requiem

Awards

literature

  • Elisabeth Aeberli. Half a century of film history: the Swiss film pioneers Reni Mertens and Walter Marti . New ways, vol. 95, issue 6, 2001. pp. 168-171. doi : 10.5169 / seals-144300
  • Franz Ulrich. Walter Marti 1923-1999 . Cinébulletin 2/2000.
  • Christoph Huebner. Between love and geometry: conversation with Reni Mertens and Walter Marti. In: Ins Offene - Documentary Work 2. Ed. Gabriele Voss. Berlin 2000. ISBN 3-930916-36-3
  • Reni Mertens / Walter Marti, cinéastes: L'unité des contraires. Pro Helvetia dossier. Ed. Irène Lambelet. Lausanne, Aux Editions d'en bas, 1989. ISBN 978-2829001093
  • Reni Mertens, Walter Marti. Pro Helvetia dossier. Edited by Richard Dindo , Arthur Zimmermann. Bern, Zytglogge Verlag, 1983. ISBN 3-7296-0182-2
  • Walter Marti & Reni Mertens - 30 ans de cinéma en Suisse. Ed. Erika and Moritz de Hadeln . Dossier of the 14th Nyon Documentary Film Festival . Nyon 1982.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Elisabeth Aeberli. Half a century of film history: the Swiss film pioneers Reni Mertens and Walter Marti. New ways, vol. 95, issue 6, 2001. pp. 168f.
  2. ^ Elisabeth Aeberli. Half a century of film history: the Swiss film pioneers Reni Mertens and Walter Marti. New ways, vol. 95, issue 6, 2001. p. 171.
  3. ↑ Ursula or the unworthy life - production data according to Swiss Films
  4. ↑ Requiem - production data according to Swiss Films
  5. ^ Christian Dimitriu: Marti, Walter. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  6. ↑ How Much Culture for Grace? Marc Rich's commitment in Zurich. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, February 3, 2001.
  7. ^ Elisabeth Aeberli. Half a century of film history: the Swiss film pioneers Reni Mertens and Walter Marti. New ways, vol. 95, issue 6, 2001. p. 168.
personal data
SURNAME Marti, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1999
Place of death Zurich