MOVIES - DOCUMENTARIES
GAMBIT
by Sabine Gisiger
VOD
In 1976 a massive explosion at chemicals factory Icmesa in the Italian Seveso had devastating consequences for neighbouring communities and their environment. Icmesa's parent company was Givaudan, which in turn belonged to Hoffman La Roche, based in Basel. Following the accident, Icmesa's technical director Jorg Sambeth was charged with failing to keep adequate security measures. During his investigations into the true cause and background to the catastrophe, Sambeth stumbled upon facts that were damaging to those who were paying his lawyers. Yet he is sentenced to five years in prison. How should he take up his grievances with this conglomerate of companies?
Credits
Year: 2005
Country: CH
Running Time: 107 Min.
Director: Sabine Gisiger
Author: Sabine Gisiger
Producer: Karin Koch
Co-Producer: SF DRS, TSR, TSI, WDR
Camera: Reinhard Köcher
Editor: Patricia Wagner
Sound: Andi Litmanowitsch
Matteo de Pellegrini
Music: Peter Bräker/Balz Bachmann
Gaffer: Bruno Gabsa
Production Manager: Claudia Eichholzer
Cast: Jörg Sambeth, Caroline Sambeth, Birgit Sambeth Glasner, Ulrich Sambeth, Roger Dagon, Alberto Moro-Visconti, Italo Pasquon, Balz Hosang, Ekkehard Sieker
Awards Prix de la semaine de la critique, International Film Festival Locarno 2005
Publikumspreis der Rheinischen Post für den beliebtesten Film, Duisburg 2005
Preis der Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse, Bozner Filmtage 2006
Jury second Price, Madrid Documenta 2006
Jury Special Mention, Mar del Plata IFF 2006
Prix international du documentaire et du reportage méditerranéen, Meilleur Réportage de la Méditerrannée, Marseille 2006
Baden-Württembergischer Dokumentarfilmpreis
Festivals International Film Festival Locarno, 2005
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, 2005
Doc for Sale Amsterdam, 2005
Duisburger Filmwoche, 2005
Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken, 2006
OneWorld Prag, 2006
Solothurner Filmtage, 2006
19ème Festival Int. de Programmes Audiovisuels, 2006
21e Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata, 2006
21. Int. Dokumentarfilmfestival München, 2006
3rd Documentary Madrid Festival internacional de Documentales, 2006
doclisboa 2006 4th Int. Documentary FF, 2006
9. Environmental FF - Cinemambiente, 2006
17. Kinofest Lünen, 2006
Krems, EU XXL Film Forum und Festival des europäischen Films, 2007
Goiania, 2007
18e Festival Int. du documentaire Marseille, 2007
