Unrueh

Nov 17 2022 N/A NA
History

In 1877, in a watch factory in a valley in north-western Switzerland, Josephine produces balance spindles, tiny parts that ensure the agitation movement ("unrueh") of the mechanical watches. She soon grows uneasy with the organisation of work and possession in the village and its factory and joins the anarchist worker movement of the local watchmakers. There she meets Piotr Kropotkin, a moony Russian traveller. The two of them meet at a time when new technologies such as time measurement, photography and the telegraph are transforming the social order and anarchist discourse is addressing emerging nationalism. During a walk in the woods, Josephine and Piotr ask themselves whether time, money and the government are not all but fictions.

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Plot

New technologies are transforming a 19th-century watchmaking town in Switzerland. Josephine, a young factory worker, produces the unrest wheel, swinging in the heart of the mechanical watch. Exposed to new ways of organizing money, time and labour, she gets involved with the local movement of the anarchist watchmakers, where she meets Russian traveller Pyotr Kropotkin.

Written by

Cyril Schäublin

Directed by

Cyril Schäublin

Cast

Alisa Miloglyadova, Elisaveta Kriman, Olga Bushkova

Crew

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Production Countries

Switzerland

Production Companies

Seeland Filmproduktion

Languages

Deutsch, Italiano, Français

Awards

10 wins & 20 nominations

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Featurettes
Cyril Schäublin and Clara Gostynski on Unrest
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# of Votes
1,262
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
75
Popularity
NA