Xterminating Badges

A film by Marco Schmitt

Synopsis

The conflict between freedom and security underlies Marco Schmitt’s film. It takes as its inspiration Luis Buñuel’s surreal masterpiece El ángel exterminador (The Exterminating Angel, 1962), in which guests at a dinner party suddenly feel themselves, inexplicably, to be trapped in a room. Buñuel’s macabre metaphor for life in Franco-era Spain retains all its power in present-day Zurich, where the grim farce is replayed in a police museum, packed wall-to-wall with weapons.
The police officers who took part in Schmitt’s acting workshops can be seen, however, to enjoy the comic release from their professional personae.

Length: 29 min
Format: HD Color, 16:9
Language: German

Country / Year

Germany, Austria, Switzlerand / 2016

Production

Manifesta 11 CH
Marco Schmitt DE
Subobsucra Films AT

Cast

Patrick Dziagwa
Ivo Frey
Marcel Ganz
Sara Glaus
Marco Hintermeister
Cantonal Police Zürich

Crew

Writer, Director, Producer
Marco Schmitt
Director of Photography
Georg Tiller
Editor
Florian Clewe
Sound Design & Music
Andreas Tiedemann
Ohrpilot
Production Manager
Katrin Wöller
Lighting Design
Florian Geiss
Set Design
Adam Slowik
Assistant Camera
Steef van Lent
Sound Recording
Ingo Reiter
3D Scan & Effects
Kristof Gavrielides
Props
Sara Bosshard
Script Assistant
Adrian Kopper
Storyboard
Felix Stumpf
Translation & Subtitles
Carrie Roseland
Set Photography
Carlo Coppola
Best Girl
Dominika Kvetanova