5 short films from Martin Guggisberg

OPERATION ADIOS
CH 2003 13 minutes,
OV Swiss German with English / French subtitles
Hirschi, Grunder and Heinz are looking for some excitement: out of boredom the three railway employees steal suitcases of passengers at the station and put their loot into lockers. For each suitcase a key and with each key a new life. Each one of them wants to try out one of the keys, and a game, that initially promises to be very entertaining, doesnt end successfully for every one.

THE PIGS FAMILY
GB 1997 28 minutes
OV English with German / French subtitles
The old, wealthy and self-centred Tim Ronford lived in a small village in the south of England (1957). During a quarrel with his handicapped son Zorbas he burns down the family owned printing business Ronford News, after which the annoyed inhabitants of the village send him to the local old peoples home. There he gets into arguments with Captain Weller, who secretly organises a reconciliation between father and son and invites the whole village to watch.

DAS TESTAMENT (THE WILL)
CH 1985 6 minutes,
OV Swiss German with English / French subtitles
Seppel and his friend Kaufmann are witnesses of a crime. During a Brechtbühl family walk, the son pushes his father into a gorge. Before this final outing, Brechtbühl junior, together with a friend, had falsified the will of his father.

THE FLASHER FROM GRINDELWALD
CH 2000 3 Min.
No Dialogue
Ein nackter junger Mann findet im Schnee eine schwarze Lederjacke und beginnt damit zu flitzen. Unterwegs trifft er auf Annekäti, ein junges Bauernmädchen, das ihm seine tolle Lederjacke abjagen will. Die beiden verfolgen sich und schließlich muss der junge Mann wieder nackt weitergehen.

THE FLASHER FROM BERLIN
CH/GB 1998 2 Min.
No Dialogue
Ein junger Mann erkundet Berlin. Er flitzt auf Hinterhöfen, auf dem Alexanderplatz, fährt mit der S-Bahn, klaut sich Fahrräder, brüskiert unverfroren einen Trabant und muss schließlich seine eigene Haut retten. Make yourself a mental picture.