Das KoKi zeigt: Zweitland

In the organizer's words:

After Austria's defeat in the First World War, the predominantly German-speaking South Tyrol is annexed by Italy. Decades of fighting ensued between the separatist organization Liberation Committee South Tyrol (BAS) and the Italian government. Director Michael Kofler, who himself comes from this region, sets his story in 1961, when the conflict escalated bloodily in the so-called "Night of Fire". His two protagonists, the brothers Paul (Thomas Prenn) and Anton (Laurence Rupp), deal with the events in very different ways. While the artistically gifted Paul is drawn to art college in Munich, the down-to-earth Anton continues to run his parents' farm and has to endure the daily harassment of the Italian government. Kofler illuminates the deeply rooted conflict in all its facets, from the separatist violence to the counter-violence of the state power and the attempt to mediate between the ethnic groups. This anti-homeland film is made particularly authentic by the subtitling in German dialect and Italian. The separatist escalation in South Tyrol has since been forgotten due to the recognition of autonomous status in the early 1970s. "Zweitland" now recalls this struggle for independence.

Germany/Italy/Austria 2025, Director: Michael Kofler, Actors: inside: Thomas Prenn, Laurence Rupp, Aenne Schwarz, 12+, 112 min