Max Frisch, Citoyen

Mar 20, 2008

1h 34m

★ 0.0

Overview

Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a character hardly found today. The film retells Frisch’s story as a witness of the unfolding 20th century, wondering if such “voices” are needed at all, or if we could do without them.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

HesseGreutert Film

Odyssee-Film

SRF

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Cast

Self

Peter Bichsel

Self

Gottfried Honegger

Self

Günter Grass

Self

Christa Wolf

Self

Henry Kissinger

Self

Helmut Schmidt

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No overview available.

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Max Frisch, Citoyen

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