Moritz

Moritz is a young boy whose mother has to go to hospital for an indefinite period of time. He is entrusted to his neighbors, a male couple, who look after him with the best of care. The three of them would be an ideal temporary family, were it not for the authorities and the villagers, for whom it is unacceptable that a 10-year-old boy might live with two gays! A tug-of-war begins.

Director Stefan Haupt succeeds in holding on course the various threads of this melodrama, written by him and Christa Capaul. He offers suspense with numerous twists and even surprises with a cathartic portion of humour, at the latest when the events threaten to lapse into tragedy or kitsch. (...) There is also young acting talent to discover here – with the ten-year-old Jonas Rohr leading the way in his impressive mastering of the title role.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 26.10.2003

Moritz adeptly plays with clichés, without selfrighteous garrulity or a sense of educational urgency. The film takes up a subject, still taboo for many, and simultaneously delivers excellent entertainment.
Berner Zeitung, 24.10.2003

Film and figures are set in an environment that depicts a blend of rural and urban, and actually quite typical for today’s Switzerland: no longer the country idyllic, but also not yet the urban metropolis. An intermediate stage, so to speak, without cynicism or ridicule. In a nutshell: everyday life in Switzerland.
Press release Swiss Television

 

RegieStefan Haupt

DrehbuchChrista Capaul, Stefan Haupt

KameraStefan Kälin

TonPatrick Becker

MusikRoman Glaser

AusstattungDoris Berger

BeleuchtungSalvatore Piazzitta

CastingCorinna Glaus

DarstellerInnenRudolph Straub, Anatole Taubman,
 Jonas Rohr, Lilian Fritz, Heidi Diggelmann

OriginalversionSchweizerdeutsch, Farbe, DigiBeta SP, 87 min.
 Auch mit deutschen und englischen UT’s erhältlich

ProduktionTriluna Film AG
 Schweizer Fernsehen DRS
 Fontana Film

ProduzentRudolf Santschi

RedaktionStefan Haupt

RegieStefan Hoffmann

WeltrechteTriluna Film AG

WeltvertriebTelepool GmbH, www.telepool.de

UraufführungOktober 2003

FestivalsCinéma tout écran, Genf, 2003
 Fernseh-Filmfestival Baden-Baden, 2003
 Solothurner Filmtage 2004
 San Francisco Int. Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2004
 Pride 04, Genève, 2004
 Philadelphia Int. Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2004
 Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2005
 Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg (D), 2005