Known for Acting
Zurich in 1519: The young widow Anna Reinhart lives a barren life between fear of the church and worries about the future of her three children, when the arrival of a man in the city causes turmoil: The young priest Ulrich Zwingli takes up his new position at the Grossmünster in Zurich and sparks fierce discussions with his sermons against the grievances of the Catholic Church. Zwingli's revolutionary thoughts frighten Anna. But when she sees how Zwingli lives charity and not just preaches, she increasingly becomes fascinated by him. But Zwingli's success quickly becomes dangerous. His ideas almost trigger a civil war, and at the same time a struggle for power and interpretive sovereignty breaks out in the inner circle of the movement. When the Catholic forces begin to form internationally, the relationship between Zwingli and Anna is put to a hard test.
His last big journey took him from Stein am Rhein to faraway Japan. Theo Plakoudakis and Marco Salituro had developed the script especially for Mathias Gnädinger. And so the popular actor filled the role of "Big Summer" with a lot of heart: The former wrestling king Anton Sommer is forced by the ten-year-old boy Hiro to accompany him to Japan. Hiro wants to become a sumo wrestler like his father. Zurich-based Stefan Jäger has staged a modern fairy tale that becomes an endearing homage to Mathias Gnädinger. He died on Good Friday 2015.
Dinu dreams of becoming a wrestling champion. However, his father does not take him seriously, either as his successor on the family farm or as an athlete. And Karl König, his rival since childhood, makes his life even more difficult.
Farming is no longer profitable, tourist buses stop at the nearby parking lot, but leave behind nothing but trash. Why not profit from them? After lengthy discussions, the Holzer farming family decides to "prostitute" themselves to tourists in their own way: they convert their living room into a "peep show," offering a glimpse into authentic rustic life—with a money slot! Even the 90-year-old grandfather is involved in this campaign. A campaign that takes on increasingly absurd and garish traits, just so that the Holzers can supplement their income.
