Daniel Schmid
Daniel SCHMID (1941–2006) spent his childhood and youth in Flims, Switzerland. He studied history and comparative literature at the Freien Universität Berlin from 1962 to 1968 and at the DFFB (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) from 1966 to 1969.
Filmography
Tut alles im Finstern, Eurem Herrn das Licht zu ersparen (1971), Heute Nacht oder nie/Tonight or Never (1972), La Paloma (1974), L’ombre des anges/Shadow of Angels (1976), Violanta (1977), Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981), Hécate (1982), Il Bacio di Tosca/Tosca’s Kiss (1984), Jenatsch (1987), Les amateurs (1991, short), Hors Saison/Off Season (1992), The Written Face (1995), Beresina, oder die letzten Tage der Schweiz (1999)
Daniel Schmid op IFFR
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Notre Dame de la Croisette
Daniel Schmid | 56' | Switzerland | None
A mockumentary, a woman travels to Cannes but cannot fit into the world she’s idealised. -
Beresina oder die letzten Tage der Schweiz
Daniel Schmid | 108' | Switzerland | -
Post-Cold-War comedy. Elegant satire on the political situation in Switzerland. The system turns out to be corrupt at all levels and is full of Russia -
Das Geschriebene Gesicht
Daniel Schmid | 89' | Switzerland | -
Swiss film-maker reveals his fascination with Japanese Kabuki theatre in a fine mix of feature and documentary. With Tamasaburo Bando; the actor who p -
The Written Face
Daniel Schmid | 89' | Japan | -
Original documentary annex feature about the Japanese Kabuki theatre. Chosen as homage to Gerry and Ellen Waller by Mieke Bernink (Skrien). -
Hors saison
Daniel Schmid | 105' | Switzerland | -
A film about memories and the distortion of memories. The protagonist is a man who returns to the hotel where he spent part of his… -
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Les amateurs
Daniel Schmid | 30' | Switzerland | -
Schmid’s contribution is made up of occasionally very old amateur films, often-touristy family films about winter-sport holidays (not called such at that time) for affluent…