One Step to Freedom (2014)
90min | Swiss German, German | Directed by: Alain Gsponer | Script: Bernd Lange | Production: Anne Walser (C-FILMS AG) | Coproduction: Makido Film GmbH, Mecom Film & TV Production GmbH, SRF, ARTE
In August 1938, Switzerland closes its border to Jewish refugees - a death sentence. But not all officials comply with the inhumane directive. Paul Grüninger exploits bureaucratic loopholes and puts everything on the line out of moral conviction. Paul Grüninger (1891-1972) will rightly go down in history as the "Oscar Schindler" of the border region between Germany and Switzerland: He saved the lives of 2000 people.
PRICES
Zurich, Presidential Department of the City of Zurich, Succès Zurich feature film 2nd place 2015
NOMINATIONS
Zurich, Federal Office of Culture, Swiss Film Award, Best Actor 2014