Film

Die Selbstzerstörung des Walter Matthias Diggelmann

1973 · 1h 9m · Documentary

IMDb

6.6

Walter Matthias Diggelmann (1927-1979) was one of Switzerland's most famous and also most controversial writers. Although his novelistic work is strongly auto-biographical, he always engaged in Swiss politics. In this movie, he says: "Although I am writer, my existence is that of a human, a contemporary, a witness, a believer, a doubter, a desperate, an accepter, a refuser, one who loves and wants to be loved, a hater, a creative, an ambitious, a good and a bad mensch". Filmmakers Walter Marti and Reni Mertens offered Diggelmann one hour of time in order to explain and to defend himself, to accuse, to apologize, to reconsider his judgments.

• Walter MartiDirector
• Reni MertensDirector

Release date

April 26, 1973

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 9m

Genres

Documentary