Die Selbstzerstörung des Walter Matthias Diggelmann

The read

It runs a compact 1h 9m.

Synopsis

Walter Matthias Diggelmann (1927-1979) was one of Switzerland's most famous and also most controversial writers. Although his novelistic work is strongly auto-biographical, he always engaged in Swiss politics. In this movie, he says: "Although I am writer, my existence is that of a human, a contemporary, a witness, a believer, a doubter, a desperate, an accepter, a refuser, one who loves and wants to be loved, a hater, a creative, an ambitious, a good and a bad mensch". Filmmakers Walter Marti and Reni Mertens offered Diggelmann one hour of time in order to explain and to defend himself, to accuse, to apologize, to reconsider his judgments.

Ratings

Key crew

• Walter MartiDirector
• Reni MertensDirector

Cast

• Walter Matthias DiggelmannHimself