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Frieda's Case

Original title: Friedas Fall
German title: Friedas Fall
Switzerland, 2024

Director: Brendle, Marie
Production company: Condor Films AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR
Age recommendation: 14 years and up
Length: 105 min.
Film genre: Feature film

Synopsis:
In 1904, twenty-five-year-old seamstress Frieda Keller kills her five-year-old son. A spectacular court case raises the question of how much victimisation there is in the perpetrator. A profound, true case that characterises the beginnings of the political equality and women's rights movement in Switzerland.

Festivals:
Zurich IFF 2024, Munich IFF 2025, Locarno IFF 2025, Ludwigshafen FF 2025, Augenblick FF Strasbourg 2025, Castellinaria CFF Bellinzona 2025 (awarded)

World sales address/es:
Picture Tree (DE)

Sold to:
Praesens (CH)
Arsenal-Filmverleih (DE)