DIE WIESENBERGER (No Business Like Show Business)

Cinema documentary film by Bernard Weber & Martin Schilt
90min, 2012

• Bergwelten Film Festival Stans: June 6, 2026, 8:15 PM, Theater Stans
• Audience Award at the Solothurn Film Festival and the International Film Festival Eberswalde 2012 

 
After the Nidwalden Yodelling Club arranged a yodelling song from «Ewigi Liebi», they unexpectedly stormed the Swiss hit parade and won the competition «The Greatest Swiss Hits» in 2009. The documentary film Die Wiesenberger documents the steep rise of the yodelling club from the lounge of the Alpenhof restaurant in Wiesenberg to the stage of the Swiss Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. It is a touching story of twenty passionate singers who are «blessed by the good Lord» with success and punished at the same time.

Written and directed by: Bernard Weber / Martin Schilt
Production: Robert Müller, Zeitraum Film GmbH
Camera: Bernard Weber / Martin Schilt / Stéphane Kuthy / Peter Indergand
Sound: Dieter Meyer / Robert Müller / Marco Teufen / Simon Graf
Editing: Stefan Kälin / Michael Schaerer / Dave D. Leins
Stagiaires: Thaïs Odermatt / Susanne Bernard / Matthieu Wenger
Sound Mixing: Guido Keller, Magnetix, Zurich
Lighting Design: Patrick Lindenmeier, Andromeda, Zurich
Graphics / Artworks: Andreas Peyer

In collaboration with Lucky Film
In co-production with SRF (Editor: Urs Augstburger),  SRG / SSR (Editor: Urs Fitze) and 3sat (Editor: Barbara Riesen)

Festivals (selection)

Solothurn Film Festival
Eberswalde Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
NYC DOC
Tokyo Film Festival
DMZ Korea
DOK Leipzig