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A Forgotten Man

  • L'Ambassadeur (Working title)
Feature Film | 2020-2022 | Period, Political thriller | Switzerland, United Kingdom

Project data

Length of movie88 min
Sound formatDolby SRD / Dolby digital (5.1, 6 channels)

Brief synopsis

In the spring of 1945 as Nazi Germany collapses, Swiss ambassador Heinrich Zwygart flees bombed-out Berlin after serving eight years in the capital of the Reich. This is the end of a dreadful mandate, during which he had to make fatal compromises to preserve the neutrality and security of his country.

While he tries to reunite with his estranged family in his unscathed home country, the arrival of peace puts Zwygart in a delicate position. How could the Swiss policy, which was more than favorable to Germany, be justified at a time when the Allies and the Russians are liberating Europe and question the behavior of the Swiss Government during the war?

For Switzerland to end on the winning side after the war, someone will have to pay. Haunted by his past, struggling to secure a future, but driven by his ambition Zwygart feels the trap closing in on him.

He made it through the war, but will he survive peace?

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Michael Neuenschwander
Heinrich Zwygart [L]
Manuela BiedermannClara [SR]
Clea EdenHélène [SR]
Yann PhiliponaNicolas [SR]
Peter WyssbrodThe Colonel [SR]
Sabine TimoteoMadame Bavaud [SR]
Margherita SchochBabette [SR]
Victor PoltierMaurice Bavaud [SR]
Yves Raeber
Marc Gerber [SR]
Simon RomangSchranz [SR]
Sebastian KrähenbühlUeli [SR]
Dominik GysinKlaus Bauer [SR]
Jeff BurrellCounsul Reynolds [SR]
Thomas SchottDriver Zwigart [SR]

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Director of photographyDiego Dussuel
Costume designerCatherine Van Bree
Costume designerAnne Van Brée
DirectorLaurent Nègre
EditorStefan Kälin
Assistant editorRebecca Siegfried
AVID
AVID
ComposerChristophe Calpini
ComposerLadislav Agabekov
ProducerAndreas Roald
ProducerDan Wechsler
Co-producerMichael Graf
Co-producerGiorgio D'Imperio
Co-producerJamal Zeinal Zade
Production designerNicola Cuti
Production designerLionel Giauque
Art department assistantThomas Schott
Picture car wranglerThomas Schott
Weapon advisorThomas Schott
ScreenwriterLaurent Nègre
Literary sourceThomas Hürlimann
stage play
stage play
Production sound mixerDavid Puntener
Boom operatorOliver Rogers
Sound re-recording mixerYvan Bing

Production companies

CompanyComment
Bord Cadre Films Sàrl [ch]
Sovereign Films [uk]

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Michael Neuenschwander2023Swiss Film Award [ch]
Best Actor
Best ActorNominated
Laurent Nègre2023Solothurner Filmtage [ch]
Prix du Public
Prix du PublicNominated

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2023SwitzerlandSolothurner Filmtage
2022SwitzerlandZFF Zurich Film Festival
Gala Premieres
Gala Premieres

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
Theatre releaseSwitzerlandThursday, 30/03/2023German-speaking Switzerland
PremiereThursday, 29/09/2022ZFF Zurich Film Festival [ch]