DAS VERGESSENE TAL
DAS VERGESSENE TAL
CLEMENS KLOPFENSTEIN
Switzerland / 1990 / 99'
DAS VERGESSENE TAL
CLEMENS KLOPFENSTEIN
Switzerland / 1990 / 99'

During the perforation of a railway tunnel, the geologist Peter Meissner suddenly finds a valley bowl that does not exist on any geographic map. While he on a reconnaissance flight with his hang glider, he falls in the midst of some men who seem to have been isolated from the world for decades. At the beginning, these very religious communities are afraid of Meissner and they chase him as if he was the incarnation of Evil. Meissner tries to solve the mistery of these people. He manages to do so thanks to the women of the community. But the religious fanaticism, with which the patriarch Z'graggen rules the people, is a constant threat of Meissner. Despite his feelings for the young woman, Sarah, whom he would like to marry he finds a way to escape from the place as soon as he discovers the secret of the community.

Director

CLEMENS KLOPFENSTEIN