The Village
de Leopold Lindtberg , Switzerland / UK , 1953
Leopold Lindtberg's latest feature film for Praesens Films, The Village has a humanitarian message, promoting peace between nations. Like other collaborations between the filmmaker and the Swiss production company (Die letzte Chance or Die Vier im Jeep), the film is a polyglot production: the performers come from ten different countries, and the shooting, which takes place mainly in English and German, also includes scenes in French, Polish and Italian.
The Village by Leopold Lindtberg
1953, 93 min, Switzerland / UK
Film with Lumière Classics label
Rights owner:
Praesens Films
Project holder:
Frédéric Maire (Swiss Film Archive)
Information on the restoration:
Restoration date: 2023
Laboratory who carried out the restoration: L'immagine ritrovata, Bologna
Restoration: Cinémathèque suisse with the collaboration of Memoriav and SRF
4K image digitization and restoration: Laboratoire Cinegrell, Zurich
Sound restoration: Tonstudio Z, Zurich
The film has been restored from image and sound negatives deposited by Praesens Films at the Cinémathèque suisse. This is the international version of the film, as it was presented at Cannes in 1953 and broadcast worldwide, in France under the title Le village près du ciel.
There is a slightly shorter "Swiss" version with more Swiss German dialogue, entitled Unser Dorf, with different negatives.
Two different versions for Germany and Austria were released, with the titles Sie fanden eine Heimat and Kinder in Gottes Hand.
Rights available:
Worldwide, except Switzerland
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