Genre: Drama, Coming-of-Age, Family Collection
Original Title: Vitus
Year: 2006
Original Version: Swiss-German
Duration: 130′
Subtitled in: English
Vitus
Vitus is a boy who almost seems to be from another planet: he has hearing like a bat, he plays piano like a virtuoso and studies encyclopaedias at the age of five. It is no wonder his parents begin to anticipate a brilliant future for him. They want Vitus to become a pianist. However, the child prodigy prefers to play in his eccentric grandfather’s workshop. He dreams of flying and of a normal childhood. Ultimately, with one dramatic leap, Vitus takes control of his own life.
Director: Fredi M. Murer
Writer: Peter LUISI, Fredi M. MURER, Lukas B. SUTER
Cast: Fabrizio BORSANI, Teo GHEORGHIU, Bruno GANZ, Julika JENKINS, Urs JUCKER
Producer: Christian DAVI (Vitusfilm GmbH), Christof NERACHER (Vitusfilm GmbH), Fredi M. MURER (Vitusfilm GmbH)
Director of photography: Pio Corradi
Costume: Sabine Murer
Sets: Susanne Jauch
Sound: Hugo Poletti
Editor: Myriam Flury
Music: Mario Beretta