DER ALPENREBELL VOM ÖTZTAL
GERHARD PIRNER
Germany / 1997 / 30'
The film is a portrait of Hans Haid, farmer, writer and ecologist. His personality triggers clear-cut opinions; his enemies consider him to be crazy, and his friends consider him to be a champion of their cause. His commitment is for life in the Alps or, as he puts it, «new life in the Alps». As a mountain farmer he knows what he’s talking about. As a writer he uses language and writing for a debate on the Alpine world. Though polemic, he is also poetic, using both standard language and the Ötztal dialect.
Director
GERHARD PIRNER