In 1944, toward the end of the Second World War, a group of women and children were massacred by German soldiers in a small Tuscan village. Seventy years later, the German-Italian theater project Albicocche rosse [Red Apricots] revisits these brutal events. What do they say about the relationship between Germany and Italy, who were first allies and then enemies in this devastating conflict? What really happened that day in the village of San Gusmè? Beyond the violence and the logic behind the massacre, the film tells the story of daily life in the village under the occupation through the voices of those who live there today. More than 50 actors and musicians from Italy and Germany are involved in this collective project, setting aside their differences. Filmmakers Eduard Erne and Ulrich Waller, both closely involved in the project, document the tragic events of the past century and the process in this theater of remembrance.
| Director | Ulrich Waller, Eduard Erne |
| Production | Blaubart Film- Und Theaterproduktion GmbH., Ulrich Waller |
| Editing | Jan Ruschke |
| Narration | Axel Milberg |
| Sound | Mike Glöckner |
| Cinematography | Harald Schmuck |
| Music | Hans P. Stroeer |
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Image tirée du film The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance // Image from the film The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance
Image tirée du film The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance // Image from the film The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance
Image tirée du film The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance // Image from the film The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance
Image tirée du film The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance // Image from the film The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance
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Eduard Erne
Born in Austria in 1958, Eduard Erne studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. From 1983 to 1989, he performed as an actor at the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt and the Schauspielhaus in Vienna. In 1994, he directed his first documentary, Totschweigen (A Wall Of Silence) on a Holocaust crime committed at the Austrian border. Since then, he has made documentaries for theatres and the television networks Norddeutscher Rundfunk and ARTE. He also works as an editor for the Swiss broadcaster Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen.
Biographies have been provided by third parties.
Biographies have been provided by third parties.
Amara terra mia (2020) ; The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance (2014) ; Laila, Hala And Karima — A Year in Revolutionary Cairo (2012) ; Herrenkinder (Children Of The Masterrace) (2009) ; BirdPeople (2004) ; Indira’s Diary (2000) ; Totschweigen (A Wall Of Silence), together with Margareta Heinrich (1994).
Ulrich Waller
Born in Tübingen, Germany in 1956, Ulrich Waller studied literature and history in Munich. He began his career in 1976 as an assistant director at the Schauspiel Frankfurt. Since 1979, he has directed some of Germany’s greatest theatre companies, in Cologne, Hamburg and Frankfurt. From 1995 to 2003, he was the artistic director of the Hamburger Kammerspiele, and since 2003 of the St. Pauli Theatre in Hamburg. In 2011, he directed the musical Hinterm Horizont, featuring the songs of German pop star Udo Lindenberg.
Amara terra mia (2020) ; The Forgotten War – San Gusmè and the Theatre of Remembrance (2014) ; Zwei Hamburger Jungs ? Biermann trifft Tukur (NDR) (2006) ; Ein satirischer Jahresrückblick (NDR) (2000−2009) ; Dichter in Hamburg (NDR) (1997−1999) ; Heimatabend, ein satirisch-musikalischer Jahresrückblick (NDR) (1990 ? 1999) ; Der geile Osten (NDR) (1990).
