Ernstfall in Havanna

Crisis in Havana
Micmac à la Havane

Switzerland, March 2002
FILM, Fiction, 86 min.

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directed by
Sabine Boss
Written by
Domenico Blass, Sabine Boss, Viktor Giacobbo
Status
In distribution

The story of Stefan Balsiger, a congenial, average Swiss man and councillor to the embassy, who accompanies a US senator on his mission in Cuba. He makes a botch of so many things that a minor blunder by the Senator turns into a serious incident which intensifies into a second Cuban crisis – thanks to further entanglements by the media, police and diplomats who represent the arch-enemies USA and Cuba. Only one person can eventually solve the crisis: Stefan Balsiger himself. As a young diplomat, Balsiger had once dreamed of standing on the stage of world politics. But as the unfortunate series of events in Cuba lead him to that very position, he only wants one thing: to exit from the limelight as quickly as possible.

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World Premiere
March 2002
Original Version
English, Swiss-German, Spanish,  colour, 35mm, 86 min.
Production
Vega Film
Producer
directed by
Sabine Boss
Written by
Domenico Blass, Sabine Boss, Viktor Giacobbo ((in collaboration with Sabine Boss))
Editing
Bernhard Lehner
Sound Design
Jürg von Allmen
Re-Recording Mix
Jürg von Allmen
Music
Balz Bachmann, Peter Bräker
Location Sound Mix
Luc Yersin
Production Design
Susanne Jauch

Cast

Viktor Giacobbo
Sabina Schneebeli
Mike Müller

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World Rights
Vega Film

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Switzerland
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