THE NAKED KING

THE NAKED KING

Country/ies
Switzerland
Production
Peter Zwierko,Hercli Bundi
Editor
Lena Rem
Length
108
Original Language
Original language
Status
Completed
Completed in
2019
Eurodoc Participant
Eurodoc Producer
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Year participation
2013
Distribution

1979, Revolution in Iran. 1980, Revolution in Poland. The fall of the Shah, the "King of Kings" in Iran, mass strikes and the "Solidarnosc" movement in Poland. What happened in the minds of the young women and men who were involved in the revolutions at the time? What happened to them when the revolution was suppressed or - as in Iran - when a religious-authoritarian elite took power?

The director Andreas Hoessli lived in Poland as a research fellow. There he met the reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski, who reported on the revolution in Iran. Kapuscinski's notes are the starting point of the film narrative, in which the director also takes up the files of the Polish secret service about himself where he discovers that he is to be recruited as a informer under the name "Hassan" for the secret services of the Polish People's Republic.

Festivals & Awards
2019 Dok.fest Munich (Germany) - Winner International Competition
2019 Camerimage Torun (Poland) - International Documentary in Competition
2019 Solothurn Film Festival (Switzerland)
2019 It's All True Sao Paulo (Brazil) - International Competition
Production & financial support