Rachel Braunschweig

Frieda's Case (2025)

Chronicles the fate of Frieda Keller, a young seamstress in St. Gallen who, in 1904, is accused of murdering her 5-year-old son Ernstli. ...

From Hilde, with Love (2024)

In Berlin 1942, Hilde is a member of an anti-Nazi group. She falls in love with another member, Hans. The two spend a summer together until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant. ...

Spagat (2020)

Winter, in a rural area. Marina, a teacher in her mid-forties, leads a quiet family life with her husband and daughter. But appearances are deceptive. In secret she has an affair with Artem, the father of her student Ulyana. Both have lived in Switzerland ...

Aus dem Schatten (2019)

In the 1970s, an idealistic young social worker is confronted with Switzerland's archaic mental health institutions. ...

The Reformer. Zwingli: A Life's Portrait (2019)

Zurich in 1519: The young widow Anna Reinhart lives a barren life between fear of the church and worries about the future of her three children, when the arrival of a man in the city causes turmoil: The young priest Ulrich Zwingli takes up his new position ...

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)

The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him, because they all look just like her. ...

Blue My Mind (2017)

15-year-old Mia faces an overwhelming transformation which puts her entire existence into question. Her body is changing radically, and despite desperate attempts to halt the process, Mia is soon forced to accept that nature is far more powerful than she i ...

Torn (2017)

When a convicted felon fails to return from his prison leave and a young woman is found murdered, forensic psychiatrist Roman Mettler finds himself fighting for his existence. It was him who had composed the report permitting the leave. ...

The Divine Order (2017)

Nora is a young housewife and mother, living in a quaint little village with her husband and their two sons. The Swiss countryside is untouched by the major social upheavals the movement of 1968 has brought about. Nora's life is not affected either; she is ...

Aquarium (2015)

Adam & Eva (2003)

In the beginning there was fire: Adam and Eve were on fire for each other when he rescued her from a blazing house. Now they have been married for four years, and the burning desire for each other has turned into a lukewarm togetherness. The dream couple a ...

Küss mich, Tiger! (2001)

A literature professor is happily married, but he feels the need for more romance in his life ...