Der Tod zu Basel
Drama
Director
Urs Odermatt
Writers
Markus Kutter, André Ratti
Stars
Günter Lamprecht, Dietmar Schönherr, Ueli Jäggi
Release Date
January 26, 1992
Language
German
Country
Switzerland, Germany
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🎭 Top Cast
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Günter Lamprecht
as André
Dietmar Schönherr
as Jean-Jacques Zinstag
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Ueli Jäggi
as Harry
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Stefan Walz
as Andreas Zinstag
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Marie-Thérèse Mäder
as Schwester Gabi
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Wolfram Berger
as Josi
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Hilde Ziegler
as Olga
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Nikolas Lansky
as Rüegg
Siegfried Kernen
as Huber
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Miriam Spoerri
as Frau Kaiser
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Filming Location
Zürich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland
Production
Schweizer Fernsehen (SF), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
🏷️ Keywords
female nudityfemale topless nuditydead woman in morguepost mortemsex scene
🎯 Categories
GermanDrama
⭐ Featured Review
Conquering Death
"The Swiss journalist André Ratti (1935-1986), who wrote the scenario of "Der Tod zu Basel" (1990), was one of the first prominent victims of AIDS in Switzerland, and he also "outed" himself, during a TV broadcasting, as a homosexual. Since many gay men belonged to the first AIDS-victims, this immune disease was given the ghastly surname of "queer-plague" (Schwulenpest). And hence the connection to this movie whose English title means "The Plague in Basle": Like the shining examples of dance des morts paintings, such as Nikolaus Holbein's (1538) &quo..."
📖 Synopsis
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