Strelochnik ( Dutch: De wisselwachter ) is a film directed by Jos Stelling , released in 1986 . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Jean-Paul Franssens .
| Switchman | |
|---|---|
| De wisselwachter | |
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Jos Stelling |
| Producer | Stanley Hillebrandt |
| Author script | Georg Brugmans Hans De Wolf Jos Stelling |
| In the main cast | Jim van der vowde Stephanie Escofier |
| Operator | Theo Van de Sande Hert Giltai |
| Composer | Michelle Mulders |
| Film company | Concorde Filmverleih, Jos Stelling Filmprodukties BV |
| Duration | 97 minutes |
| A country |  Netherlands |
| Language | |
| Year | 1986 |
| IMDb | ID 0092227 |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Camera crew
- 4 Awards and nominations
- 5 Interesting Facts
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Story
The switchman lives on the junction of the railway, leaving the city to the south. He sees almost no one, with the exception of the postman, the engineer and his assistant. At the beginning of winter, harmony is destroyed when, due to circumstances, a woman leaves the train. She stays on the road for a year. They do not have a common language with the switchman, but a special relationship arises between a man and a woman.
Cast
- Jim van der Wowde - switchman
- Stephanie Escoffier - Woman
- John Kraaykamp - the driver
- Ton Van Dort - Assistant Driver
- Josse De Pau - The Postman
Camera crew
- Director: Jos Stelling
- Operator: Theo Van de Sande , Gurt Gurtay
- Screenwriters: Georg Brugmans , Hans De Wolf , Jos Stelling
- Editor: Rimko Haanstra
- Composer: Michel Mulders
- Artist: Geert Brinkers
Awards and nominations
- 1986 - special mention at the Venice Film Festival
- 1986 - prize for best actor (John Kraikeamp) and special jury prize (Jos Stelling) at the Netherlands Film Festival
- 1986 - Audience Prize at the Sao Paulo Film Festival
- 1987 - Silver Raven Prize of the Brussels Fiction Film Festival
- 1988 - Audience Award (Jos Stelling) and Best Actor Award (Jim van der Wowde) at the Fantasporto Film Festival
Interesting Facts
- The film was shot mainly at the Corrour railway station in Scotland .
- There are very few words in the film, and those that are spoken do not in themselves have much semantic meaning and remain without translation.
- By analogy with this film, one of the screensavers of the end of NTV broadcast 2002-2003 was shot (the project “See you”, suitcases and a patent phone standing in the snow) [1]
Notes
Links
- "Switchman" on the website of Jos Stelling (nid.)
- Strelochnik on the Internet Movie Database
- Switchman (English) on allmovie
- "Switchman" on the site Film.Ru