El Acordeón del Diablo

The Devil's Accordion

Switzerland / Germany, August 2000
FILM, Documentary, 90 min.

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directed by
Stefan Schwietert
Written by
Stefan Schwietert
Status
In distribution
Website
www.acordeon.de

This is the story of Pacho Rada, one of the grand old men of Caribbean music. A singer-composer, Rada first held an accordion in his hands at the age of four and has never been without one since. He has spent this entire life travelling from village to village and from fete to fete in his native Colombia, playing and singing for small change. Today at the age of 93 he lives in a hut covered by a corrugated tin roof on the outskirts of the Colombian town of Santa Marta. His songs continue to dominate the hit parade.

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World Premiere
August 2000
Original Version
Spanish (german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Production
Neapel Film, zero one film GmbH, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Thomas Kufus
directed by
Stefan Schwietert
Written by
Stefan Schwietert
Cinemato­graphy
Ciro Cappellari
Editing
Tania Stöcklin
Music
Jan Tilman Schade
Location Sound Mix
Dieter Meyer

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Worldwide Distribution

Germany
Ventura Film Distribution
Switzerland
Look Now! Distribution

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