Tauwetter

Tauwetter

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 7, 1987

Runtime

0h 8m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Tauwetter

Production Companies

Peter Liechti Filmproduktion

Director

Peter Liechti

Description

When the snow melts and the hills of Appenzell are dotted with green and white, buckets of water slowly make their way up and down the slope. After a time, the gentle movement turns into violent swaying. Shots ring through the air, the buckets are punctured. Slowly the water begins to flow. This is the high point of a ritual that begins deep within the bowels of the mountain. Then trails of water spurt through the air to the thawing slopes and the water begins to gush, nearly causing the well in the valley to overflow.