The Top of His Head

Zurich-born Hugo Koblet was the first international cycling star of the post-war period. He was a stylist on the bicycle and in life, and a huge heartthrob. Koblet had a meteoric rise and won the Giro d'Italia in 1950. Once he had reached the zenith of his career, Koblet was put under pressure by overly ambitious officials and ended up...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Daniel von Aarburg

Cast

Manuel Löwensberg, Hanspeter Müller, Max Rüdlinger

A recently released mental patient imagines himself living the lives of three different people he randomly encounters.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Peter Mettler

Cast

Anthony Downes, Greg Krantz, Sandy MacFadyen

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea for the film was proposed to the monks in 1984, but the Carthusians said they wanted time to think about it. The Carthusians finally contacted Gröning 16 years later to say they were now wil...

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

Philip Gröning

Tracing the emigrations of his family over more than half a century, this riveting documentary epic from acclaimed expatriate Iraqi filmmaker Samir pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people successively plagued by the horrors of dictatorship, war and foreign occupation of Iraq.

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

Samir Jamal Al Din