Mein Name ist Eugen

Rascals On The Road
Je m'appelle Eugen

Switzerland, September 2005
FILM, Fiction, 100 min.

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directed by
Michael Steiner
Written by
Michael Sauter, Christoph Frey, Michael Steiner
Status
In distribution
Website
www.eugen-film.ch

From the literary classic by Klaus Schädelin, “Mein Name ist Eugen” is a coming of age story set in the 1960s, and tells of 12-year-old Eugen and Wrigley's last summer of adventure. When Wrigley's parents announce their intention to pack him off to boarding school, the boys run away, hoping to find Fritzli Bühler, the “King of Rascals” in Zurich. But then Eugen and Wrigley bump into their Scouts group on the train and feel forced to join them to Ticino. From there they escape again and attempt to cycle back to Zurich, but the boys' disappearance is noticed and their parents get on their trail. As the boys continue their precarious journey over their Alps, they begin to doubt whether Fritzli Bühler really lives in Zurich and whether he actually exists at all.

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World Premiere
September 2005
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Production
Kontraproduktion AG, C-FILMS AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Impuls Home Entertainment AG, Teleclub AG
Producer
directed by
Michael Steiner
Written by
Michael Sauter, Christoph Frey, Michael Steiner
Cinemato­graphy
Pascal Walder
Editing
Tobias Fueter, Gisela Weibel
Music
Adrian Frutiger, Diego Baldenweg
Location Sound Mix
Hugo Poletti
Production Design
Gerald Damovsky, Monica Rottmeyer
Lighting Design
David Satz
Costumes
Pascale Suter
Casting
Simone Häberling, Ruth Hirschfeld

Cast

Manuel Häberli
Janic Halioua
Dominic Hänni
Alex Niederhäuser
Beat Schlatter
Mike Müller
Sabina Schneebeli
Patrick Frey
Stefan Gubser
Monika Niggeler
Stephanie Japp
Pablo Aguilar
Joel Basman
Max Rüdlinger

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
C-FILMS AG

Worldwide Distribution

Austria
Squareone Entertainment GmbH Distribution
Germany
Squareone Entertainment GmbH Distribution
Luxembourg
Squareone Entertainment GmbH Distribution
Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution

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