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S ummer heat. No diploma. Too many shoes. Moving in together. ­
City or village. Milena. Heidi. And the mountains. Mountains everywhere.
A small Swiss town. Milena didn’t pass school leaving examination, Heidi did. Heidi moves
into Milena’s parent’s flat as they are on holiday. Milena wants to find an apartment of her
own, together with Heidi. Milena starts working in a shoe warehouse to be able to afford
this independence. Things around Milena start getting stranger as Heidi diverges from her
more and more. As their friendship lies in ruins, Milena wants to get out and Heidi follows
her into the mountains.
‘The title HINTER DIESEN BERGEN — BEYOND THESE MOUNTAINS ­
vaguely symbolizes a certain place, perhaps more than one place.
The ­location for the film was in Schwyz, somewhere in the heart
of Switzerland, the place where I grew up. For this film I wanted
to re-create this place as a place closed in by mountains, with ist
own laws. The outcome was a nameless town which, in the film,
­sometimes seems surreal, but perhaps exactly for that reason, ­
it reveals more truth than its real model would.
It’s a small world where you run into the same people all
the time. A safe world that has managed to reduce all external
problems as much as possible. And still, or maybe even precisely
because of that, Milena’s perspective starts wandering to the
mountain peaks...
Beyond these mountains lie homeland and outland, certainty and
danger, prison and promise.’
Michael Krummenacher
BACKGROUND
December 2008. Being tired of making shortfilms, the 25 year old directing student
Michael Krummenacher decides to shoot his first feature-lenght film as an extra project
­besides his studies, a low-budget movie without regular funding. Lucky to find a small group
of fellow students and other enthusiasts from Germany, Switzerland and even Belgium as
well as having knowledge of the support by the University and Television Munich the ball
was set rolling.
After long days and nights of writing and preparation they managed to finish the script
and start shooting HINTER DIESEN BERGEN in August 2009 in Schwyz, Switzerland. Cast
and crew were housed in a Swiss Army’s bunker and Krummenacher’s parents had to
leave they’re flat for days as it became one of the main shooting locations. And somehow
­(probably no one really remembers how ...) after twenty days with hardly any sleep the last
day of shooting arrived and all the scenes had been shot and stored onto harddisks. Tired
but happy they left Schwyz and postproduction of HINTER DIESEN BERGEN started in Munich.
Finishing the film in June 2010 with a budget of about 20.000 Euro was only made possible
by all the people who believed in it and were relentlessly supporting the project with their
heart’s blood and energy.
VERA BOMMER — Milena
Vera Bommer was born 1982 in Zug, Switzerland, and grew up in the Italian part of
Switzerland. In 2007 she graduated from acting school ZHDK, Zurich. Since then Vera
Bommer was part of the theater ensembles in Mannheim (Germany) and Biel / Solothurn
(Switzerland). She played smaller and bigger roles in several movies like ‘Das F räulein’ by
Andrea Staka or ‘Nachtexpress’ by Alex Kleinberger. The part of Milena in HINTER DIESEN
BERGEN is her first lead.
LUCY WIRTH — Heidi
Lucy Wirth was born in 1984 in Zürich, Switzerland. She studied drama in Germany and
is currently employed in the ensemble of the Residenztheater in Munich. She enjoys making
lists, opening menues in restaurants, mens’ beards, riding her bike in the snow (without
ice), crying over novels, vegetables, dancing tango, semicolons. She does not like butter
that has gone too soft, the smell in airplanes, saying goodbye over the phone, facebook,
the finger- wagging calvinist in her, waking up sweaty. She hopes to be famous, rich and
happy in life.
HINTER DIESEN BERGEN — Heidi ∙ Director Michael Krummenacher ∙ 76' ∙ 2010
LIEBLING LASS UNS SCHEIDEN — Groundhostess ∙ Director Jürg Ebe ∙ 90' ∙ 2010
DUNKELBLAU — Nora ∙ Director Samuel Perriard ∙ 15' ∙ 2009
MICHAEL KRUMMENACHER — director, co-writer & co -producer
Michael Krummenacher was born 1985 in Schwyz, Switzerland. A few weeks after ­having
completed grammar school in 2005 he left for New York City to take part in Columbia
­University’s Filmmaking Intensive Workshop. In 2006 he was accepted as a directing
student at University of Television and Film Munich (HFF München). In 2009 he co-founded
the production company Passanten Filmproduktion and directed his first feature-length film
HINTER DIESEN BERGEN. Being still a student at HFF München Michael Krummenacher moved
to Zurich in 2010 and is currently working on on the script of his diploma-film.
HINTER DIESEN BERGEN — Director, co-writer & co-producer ∙ fiction ∙ 76' ∙ 2010
NEULICH IN MEINER WOHNUNG — Director ∙ fiction ∙ 3' ∙ 2010
PARALYZING AND LAZY DAYS — Director & cinematographer ∙ documentary ∙ 43' ∙ 2009
THEODOR GOLD — Director & writer ∙ fiction ∙ 12' ∙ 2009
DER GAST — Director & writer ∙ fiction ∙ 5' ∙ 2008
FRANCOIS ET KARINA A PARIS — Director & writer ∙ fiction ∙ 12' ∙ 2008
UND DRAUSSEN FLIRREN — Director & writer ∙ fiction ∙ 13' ∙ 2007
JUDITH FÜLLE — executive producer

Judith Fülle was born 1985 in Bad Urach, Germany. After several internships in production and distribution companies in Munich and Ludwigsburg, she started her studies
in Producing at University of Television and Film Munich (HFF München). Since then she
was involved in several short and feature films as a producer. She graduated from HFF
München in October 2010.
HINTER DIESEN BERGEN — Executive producer ∙ Director Michael Krummenacher ∙ fiction ∙ 76' ∙ 2010
MORGEN DAS LEBEN — Producer ∙ Director Alexander Riedel ∙ fiction 92' ∙ 2010
ICH KOCH — Producer ∙ Director Bettina Timm ∙ documentary ∙ 72' ∙ 2010
PARALYZING AND LAZY DAYS — Executive producer ∙ Director Michael Krummenacher ∙
documentary ∙ 43' ∙ 2009
WABOSCH WILMA — Producer ∙ Director Katharina Schubert ∙ fiction ∙ 30' ∙ 2009
BELOW THE LINE — Producer ∙ Director Jens Pfeifer ∙ documentary ∙ 45' ∙ 2008
BRIEF AN EINEN FREUND — Producer ∙ Director Sebastian Blank ∙ fiction 30' ∙ 2008
HÖSCHEN — Producer ∙ Director Christoph Ischinger ∙ fiction ∙ 11' ∙ 2007
PETER BARANOWSKI — executive producer
Peter Baranowski studied physics and Arabic language at the universities in Heidelberg,
Berlin and Oxford. He entered the directing class at the University of Television and Film,
Munich (HFF) in 2006. Since then he´s been directing several fictional and non-fictional
short films. In 2009 he founded the Passanten Filmproduktion together with Michael
Krummenacher.
RAUSCHGIFT — Director, editor & producer ∙ fiction ∙ 26' ∙ 2010
NEULICH IN MEINER WOHNUNG — Co-director ∙ fiction ∙ 3' ∙ 2010
ICELAND BY THE WAY — Director, cinematographer & editor ∙ TV- documentary ∙ 15' ∙ 2010
UNTER LABORBEDINGUNGEN — Director, writer & editor ∙ fiction ∙ 9' ∙ 2009
FUNDSACHEN — Director & writer ∙ fiction ∙ 9' ∙ 2008
ÖL AUF LEINWAND — Director, writer & editor ∙ fiction ∙ 10' ∙ 2008
WEST-ÖSTLICHER DIWAN — Director, writer & editor ∙ fiction ∙ 9' ∙ 2007
ARAB WORLD THROUGH EUROPEAN EYES — Co-director, Co-writer, cinematographer & editor
TV-documentary ∙ 45' ∙ 2006
SILVIA WOLKAN — co-writer

Silvia Wolkan was born in 1980 and completed grammar school in 2000. She was
­working on several jobs and started her studies in German literatur and drama in Munich
and Leipzig, where she graduated in 2006. In October of the same year her studies in
scriptwriting at University of Television and Film Munich (HFF München) began.
HINTER DIESEN BERGEN — Co-writer ∙ fiction ∙ 76' ∙ 2010
SCHILDKRÖTENWUT — Dramaturge ∙ documentary ∙ 2010
MEET MONICA — Writer ∙ fiction ∙ 45' ∙ 2008
DIE ZEIT ZURÜCK — Director, writer & editor ∙ fiction ∙ 12' ∙ 2007
JAKOB WIESSNER — director of photography

Jakob Wiessner was born in Munich, Germany in 1984. After studying History of Arts in
Munich for two years he became a student of Cinematography at the Munich Film School
(HFF) in 2006. Since then, he photographed numerous films, mostly fictional short films.
In addition, he started working as an assistant for belgian video artist David Claerbout in
2008. HINTER DIESEN BERGEN is his first feature length film as a DOP.
HINTER DIESEN BERGEN ∙ Director Michael Krummenacher ∙ fiction ∙ 76' ∙ 2010
MEET MONICA ∙ Group project ∙ 3 episodes ∙ fiction ∙ 60' ∙ 2008
DIE ZEIT ZURÜCK ∙ Director Siliva Wolkan ∙ fiction ∙ 13' ∙ 2007
WEST-ÖSTLICHER DIWAN ∙ Director Peter Baranowski ∙ fiction ∙ 12' ∙ 2007
UND DRAUSSEN FLIRREN ∙ Director Michael Krummenacher ∙ fiction ∙ 13' ∙ 2007
KWINTEN VAN LAETHEM — sound recordist & sounddesigner
He works as a sound designer and sound recordist for (short)films and art installations.
Since RIVERSIDE (2008) he is the lead sound designer of David Claerbout .
His recent credits include Michael Krummenacher’s HINTER DIESEN BERGEN (feature, 2010),
Isabelle Tollenaere’s award winning short ‘Trickland’ (docu fiction, 2010), Sofie Benoot’s
BLUE MERIDIAN (documentary, 2010), and Pim Algoed’s ‘How to enrich’ … (short, 2009).
Kwinten (born in Brussels, 1983) lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
STINE SONNE MUNCH — editor

Stine Sonne Munch was born 30. November 1979 in Gentofte, close to Copenhagen.
She studied at the Media School in Lynby and the European Film College with focus on
Sound and Film Editing. In 2003 she visited University of Television and Film Munich and
since then she has been working and living in Munich. Stine Sonne Munch got nominated
with the Short film ‘Milan’ for the ‘BMW editing support-award’. Presently she is editing the
Documentary ‘The last appeal’ which is planed to have cinema release in Summer 2011.
HINTER DIESEN BERGEN ∙ Director Michael Krummenacher ∙ fiction ∙ 76' ∙ 2010
FREUNDE VON FRÜHER ∙ Director Tim Moeck ∙ fiction ∙ 52' ∙ 2009
PENICILLIN ∙ Director Mike Viebrock ∙ 15' ∙ 2009
MORSCHOLZ ∙ Director Timo Müller ∙ 110' ∙ 2008
SHORTCUT TO HOLLYWOOD ∙ Director Marcus Mittermeier ∙ 94' ∙ 2007
DAS BABY ∙ Director Falco Jagau ∙ 30' ∙ 2007
MILAN ∙ Director Michaela Kezele ∙ 20' ∙ 2007
DER ENGEL HEUT NACHT ∙ Director Tim Moeck ∙ 30' ∙ 2006
HAGEN PM ∙ Director Mike Viebrock ∙ 15' ∙ 2006
MAL MEHR MAL WENIGER ∙ Director Tim Trachte ∙ 32' ∙ 2005
BJÖRN MAGNUSSON — composer

Björn Magnusson was born in 1987. At the age of four he started to play guitar and
soon thereafter put his hands on a lot of other instruments and recording equipment.
Shortly after the turn of the century, while playing shows all over Europe and releasing
some records with the rock band ‘Lird van goles’, he started to record music for the films
of Michael Krummenacher, founding a collaboration which still lasts up till now. He’s now
playing shows and recording music in the band ‘Great black waters’, which is responsible
too for the soundtrack of HINTER DIESEN BERGEN.
HINTER DIESEN BERGEN — composer ∙ Director Michael Krummenacher ∙ fiction ∙ 76' ∙ 2010
DER GAST — composer ∙ Director Michael Krummenacher ∙ fiction ∙ 5' ∙ 2008
UND DRAUSSEN FLIRREN — composer ∙ Director Michael Krummenacher ∙ fiction ∙ 13' ∙ 2007
Records — excerpt
LIRD VAN GOLES — WHO SET THAT FIRE? ∙ Little Jig ∙ Irascible / Alive ∙ CH / DE / AT ∙ 2007
GREAT BLACK WATERS — DEBUT ALBUM ∙ yet unreleased ∙ approx. ∙ 2011
CAST & CREW
Milena Vera Bommer
Heidi Lucy Wirth
Shoestore Boss Andreas Matti
Markus Stefan Camenzind
Ramon Mario Fuchs
Grandmother Maria Krummenacher-Frank
Director Michael Krummenacher
Screenplay Silvia Wolkan & Michael Krummenacher
Executive Producer Judith Fülle, Michael Krummenacher & Peter Baranowski
Executive Producer HFF München Prof. Manfred Heid, Prof. Doris Dörrie,
Prof. Michael Gutmann & Prof. Andreas Gruber
Producer Rajko Jazbec
Cinematography Jakob Wiessner
Editor Stine Sonne Munch
Sound Recordist Kwinten Van Laethem & Nadja Gubser
Sound Design Kwinten Van Laethem
Composer Björn Magnusson
Sound Mixing Gerhard Auer
TECHNICAL DATES
76' ∙ Shooting Format XDCAM HD ∙ Screening Format HDCAM, BluRay & DigiBeta ∙ 16:9
SOUND Dolby SRD, Dolby E & Dolby SR ∙ language Swiss-German with German or English Subtitles
info www.passantenfilm.de & www.hff-muc.de
© 2010, Passanten Filmproduktion & Judith Fülle, in co-production with University of
Television and Film, Munich (HFF München) — all rights reserved.
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