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Züri brännt (1981)

Züri brännt poster
Directed by
Thomas Krempke, Marcel Müller, Ronnie Wahli, Markus Sieber
Genre
documentary film
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
16
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Swiss documentary captures the street protests and police clashes that erupted in Zurich during the early 1980s. It shows the confrontations and the atmosphere of the time without narration or commentary.

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What happens

Züri brännt (titled Züri brännt in English) is a 1981 Swiss documentary film directed by the Swiss filmmakers Markus Sieber, Ronnie Wahli, Marcel Müller, Thomas Krempke. Beginning on 22 January 2015, the film was shown during the Solothurn Film Festival as one of the milestones of Swiss film history. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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