| Format | 35 mm |
|---|---|
| Duration | 80 min |
| Year | 2011 |
| Original Language | German, English, Japanese |
| Subtitles | English |
| Country | Switzerland |
| ISAN | 0000-0002-7E3C-0000-U-0000-0000-L |
Flying Home
A film by Tobias Wyss
Synopsis
In 1939, Walter Otto Wyss emigrated to the USA after a tragic car accident. There, he developed a revolutionary hybrid automobile that was never produced. After a love affair with an African-American dancer in Los Angeles he lived in Tokyo at the end of the 1950s as a recluse and learned Japanese. He spent the last 30 years of his life alone on Hawaii. Despite many opportunities to fulfil his dreams of freedom, success and security, he can never quite set himself free from Switzerland, his mother and his self-reproach and misses the chance to find happiness.
Walter‘s nephew, director Tobias Wyss, tells the story of his uncle in a personal manner, making use of moving photographs and videos from the family archive. The Zurich director reconstructs the contradictory biography of his uncle in seven episodes.
«Towards the evening I had got used to my strange, frugal, lonely uncle - and I started to like him more and more.»
More Infos
- Credits
Protagonists
Walter Otto Wyss
Elia Moghini
Pat und Dale Rummer
Bob Burnham
Martinique Landois
Masayuki Ishiguro
Keiko Saito
Eugene Drzymala
Written and directed by
Tobias Wyss
Director of photography
Andreas Birkle
Tobias Wyss
Sound
Patrick Becker
Peter Zwierko
Editing
Mirjam Krakenberger
Animation
Severin Kuhn
Original music
Daniel Almada
Mischung
Jürg von Allmen C.A.S.
Voice-over
Peter Schweiger
Voice-over
Liliana Heimberg
Production manager and assistant director
Peter Zwierko
Producer
Hercli Bundi
Associate Producer
Vadim Jendreyko
In co-production with
Schweizer Radio & Fernsehen
- Technical Details
- Festivals
40. Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal, 2011
October 12, 2011 - October 23, 2011
Prager Filmfest 2011
October 01, 2011 - October 03, 2011
Swiss Films Festival in São Paulo, Brasilien
March 01, 2011 - March 06, 2011
46. Solothurner Filmtage 2011
January 20, 2011 - January 27, 2011
