Les héritiers de la Comtesse
a film by Donatella Bernardi

Les héritiers de la Comtesse

A film by Donatella Bernardi

  • 2009
  • Switzerland
  • 55 minutes

Every year since 1948, the Swiss Institute in Rome welcomes six artists and researchers benefiting from an ideal environment to develop their cultural competence and enhance their career under the aegis of the Swiss government. Is it a privileged site for the training of an elite or a holiday camp at the public expense? This is what Donatella Bernardi sets out to discover on the occasion of the Institute’s 60th anniversary, through interviews with several of those present for the event who have made the Institute what it is.

Les héritiers de la Comtesse

A film by Donatella Bernardi

  • 2009
  • Switzerland
  • 55 minutes

Every year since 1948, the Swiss Institute in Rome welcomes six artists and researchers benefiting from an ideal environment to develop their cultural competence and enhance their career under the aegis of the Swiss government. Is it a privileged site for the training of an elite or a holiday camp at the public expense? This is what Donatella Bernardi sets out to discover on the occasion of the Institute’s 60th anniversary, through interviews with several of those present for the event who have made the Institute what it is.

Cast & Crew

With
Donatella Bernardi
Prof. Dr. Christoph Riedweg
Grégoire Extermann
Patrick Maxime
Michel Zéhil
Dr. Adriano Giardina
Andreas Schatzmann
Prof. Dr. Etienne Barilier
Salvatore Lacagnina
Clemens Klopfenstein
Cardinal Georges Cottier
Prof. Dr. theol. Dr. h.c. Albert de Pury
S.E. Bruno Spinner
Me Carlo Sommaruga
Dr. iur. Albert Gnägi
Françoise Ninghetto
Dr. Urs Staub
Dr. Charles Kleiber
Dr. Jean-Frédéric Jauslin
Me Mario Annoni
Stephan Berger
Elena Catuogno
Olivia Trono
Anna Auriemma
Francesca Baffi
Carlo Ceccaroli
Federica D’Urbano
Giancarlo Maffei
Angela Tagliaferri
Beniamino Vassallo

Cast & crew

Directed by
Donatella Bernardi

Director of photography
Bettina Herzner

Sound
Rudy Decelière

Editing
Orsola Valenti

1er Assistant director
Jeanne Rektorik

Credits editing
Laurent Kempf

Credits graphic design
Nils Wehrspann

Production manager
Elodie Brunner

Colour grading
Andromeda film, Zürich

Production
Box Productions

Broadcast
RTS