As the German Wehrmacht occupies South Tyrol on September 9th 1943, August Pichler fears for his life. He is an opponent of National Socialism and one of the leading “Dableiber” (the people who refused to leave their South Tyrolean homes behind and move to the German Reich). Had the Wehrmacht caught him, he would have ended in one of the German concentration camps. August escapes to Switzerland. During his exile he writes a diary. In August on the run director Andreas Pichler and his father follow the traces of Andreas’ grandfather August, from South Tyrol to the different locations of his exile in Switzerland.
2006
48 min
written and directed by: Andreas Pichler
photography, editing: Andreas Pichler
music: Stefano Bernardi
production: Valerio Moser
supported by: RAI Sender Bozen - Autonome Provinz Bozen - Gemeinde Branzoll
festivals: Bozner Filmtage 2006
TV sales: SRG-TSI-Schweiz
book + DVD: are published (in german) at Verlag Edition Raetia