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Hardy Krüger Jr. (born 9 May 1968, Lugano, Switzerland) is a second generation German actor. He is the son of actor-writer Hardy Krüger and the Italian painter Francesca Marazzi. Shortly after his birth, his father took his wife and son to Tanzania to live on the farm which had served as the backdrop for the film Hatari!, in which Krüger senior had appeared. Krüger Jr. attended an international school in Germany and in 1989 he took acting classes in Los Angeles and acted in a few US television shows.
After graduating in 1991, he began his professional acting career in Germany with an appearance in the ARD series Nicht von schlechten Eltern and landing the coveted lead role in Gegen den Wind.
Kruger has since appeared in quite a few international productions such as Du gehörst mir! (France, 1999), Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar (France, 1999) and Roger Young's Dracula. He also garnered a lead role in the 2004 film "Stauffenberg", which was awarded the Deutscher Fernsehpreis for Best Film.
In May 2006, he first appeared as the replacement for Christian Wolff in ZDF's very popular TV series, Forsthaus Falkenau, in which he now plays the lead role of the forester Stefan Leitner.
He is a UNICEF ambassador against child prostitution, a role for which he was rewarded by Kinderlachen with the "Kind-Award 2006". He has also become a patron of the charity "TukTuk-Tour" from Asia to Europe. He also accompanied Bundesminister Sigmar Gabriel on the creation of the Naturallianz by the CBD-COP9.- Actress
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Natascia Diaz was born on 4 January 1970 in Lugano, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for FBI (2018), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Crutches (2018).- Anna Lou Castoldi was born on 20 June 2001 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Misunderstood (2014), Baby (2018) and Les Rossignols (2022).
- Michael Ebert is a stage, film and television actor. He appeared on Broadway as Fortinbras in Hamlet starring Richard Burton (and in the filmed version of that production), in The Man in the Glass Booth, and Wait Until Dark among other Broadway and theater roles, many at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He is also known for his work on daytime television in The Edge of Night (1956), Love of Life (1951) and Somerset (1970).
- Teco Celio was born in 1952 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Three Colors: Red (1994), We Have a Pope (2011) and Tender Is the Night (1985).
- Daniele Ganser is a Swiss historian, author and conspiracy ideologue who describes himself as an energy and peace researcher. He became known for his dissertation on "NATO Secret Armies" published in 2005 and published, among other things, a study on the global production maximum of oil. Ganser takes up conspiracy theories popular in the truther scene around September 11, 2001, and presents them in essays and lectures as debatable scientific explanations. On December 19, 2017, exactly one year after the attack by Anis Amri on the Christmas market at Breidscheidplatz in Berlin on December 19, 2016, Ganser promoted on his Facebook pages a book by Elias Davidsson in which the latter denies the known facts of this attack and denies that twelve people were killed in the process. Ganser's books are published in the German language.
Ganser publishes his books mainly with Orell Füssli (Switzerland), but also with Kai Homilius Verlag. Ganser founded a public company SIPER AG, which markets his lectures, interviews, books and essays. He is also said to be involved in the company "Die Quelle - The Source AG", which offers esoteric courses ("light medicine" - training to become a healer of the future", "soul path readings"). The imprint of his private homepage mentions "Die Quelle - The Source AG" with headquarters in Bern. - Renata Hickey was born on 16 January 1958 in Lugano, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Ms .45 (1981) and Waitress! (1982). She has been married to Michael Hickey since 2 July 1999.
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Jean-Louis Roy was born in 1938 in Lugano, Switzerland. He was a writer and director, known for The Unknown Man of Shandigor (1967), Black Out (1970) and Talou (1980). He died on 29 March 2020 in Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland.- Roberta Fossile was born in Lugano, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for The Consequences of Love (2004), The Guest (2018) and Summer Games (2011).
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Luca Colombo was born May 14th 1979 in Lugano, Switzerland. He left there at the age of 17 to go to Hollywood wanting to become an actor.
After two years at the Stella Adler Academy of acting and after playing a few parts in small Hollywood plays, he understood that his real passion wasn't acting, it was his love for actors, therefore he went to the New York Film Academy in London and Los Angeles for 2 years, and became a film director.
After that, Luca shot a 16mm short film in London "Ugrency", produced the music video "Criticize me" in Switzerland, and a a series of short films in Los Angeles.
He then moved on to 35mm, producing and directing three spec commercials: Diesel Jeans, I - POD and Innocent Perfume. After that his first real short film in 35mm, "Waning Moon", with actors such as Vincent Kartheiser, Steve Sandvoss and model/actress Ana Cristina De Oliveira.
"Waning Moon" was in the official competition at the Locarno Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival, Beverly Hills Film Festival, Malibu Film Festival and Boston Film Festival. It won "Best Film Screenplay" at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
Luca is now developing a feature film that will shoot in South Africa in November 2007.- Director
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Niccolò Castelli was born on 4 March 1982 in Lugano, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Atlas (2021), Tutti giù (2012) and Endsieg - Everything Changes in One Shot (2008).- Director
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Fulvio Bernasconi was born on 6 March 1969 in Lugano, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Out of Bounds (2007), Miséricorde (2016) and ID Swiss (1999).- Silli Togni was born on 8 November 1952 in Lugano, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for La piovra (1984), Amore, non uccidermi (1990) and Segreto di famiglia (1987).
- Mascia Cantoni was born on 5 March 1940 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.
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Agnese Làposi was born in 1995 in Lugano, Switzerland. Agnese is a director and writer, known for Alma in the Herd (2020), Trio (2020) and Les écoutantes (2019).- Camera and Electrical Department
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- Actor
Bruno Engler was born on 4 December 1915 in Lugano, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for Days of Heaven (1978), Lost and Found (1979) and Ghost Keeper (1981). He died on 23 March 2001 in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.- Actor
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Gianni Williams was born on 20 September 1941 in Lugano, Cantone Ticino, Switzerland. He was an actor and writer, known for Reflections in Black (1975), Il maresciallo Rocca (1996) and E adesso tocca a te... Mi raccomando (1992). He died on 12 February 2012 in Fiano Romano, Lazio, Italy.- Casting Department
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- Casting Director
Riccardo has been a casting director for over 30 years. He was co-owner of NB Casting in New York with Esther Navarro and later (1995 till 1999) he partnered up with Beata Rosenbaum. He gave Sharon Stone her first movie role while casting the extras for Stardust Memories (1980) (dir. Woody Allen).- Director
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Matteo Bellinelli was born in 1950 in Lugano, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for La terza luna (1997), Swiss Faces (1991) and Cuore di ghiaccio (2006).- Clay Regazzoni was born on 5 September 1939 in Lugano, Switzerland. He died on 15 December 2006 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
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Mariaclara Zazzaro was born on 5 March 1984 in Lugano, Switzerland. She is a set decorator, known for Frat House Massacre (2008), Z Rock (2008) and Camp Hell (2010).- Loris Kessel was born on 1 April 1950 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. He died on 15 May 2010 in Montagnola, Switzerland.
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- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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A visionary designer for theater, opera, & ballet, but few films. She created sets and costumes for collaborations with Luchino Visconti, Franco Zeffirelli, Giancarlo Menotti, Tony Richardson etc. Her career spanned only the 1950s and 1960s. She then retired to paint and teach. Her painterly style has affected many younger designers to this day.- André Reithebuch was born on 27 October 1986 in Lugano, Switzerland.
- Elsie Attenhofer was born on 21 February 1909 in Lugano, Cantone Ticino, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Heidi (1952), Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe (1940) and Zyt ischt Gält (1935). She was married to Karl Schmid. She died on 16 June 1999 in Bassersdorf, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland.
- Maria Rezzonico was born on 4 May 1910 in Lugano, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Bäckerei Zürrer (1957) and Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst! (1967). She died on 4 November 2003 in Lugano, Switzerland.
- Actor, trained as a multimedia IT consultant. In 2003, he began studying acting, starting with Campo Teatrale theater school in Milan, in 2005 he moved to London for a year where in addition to the English language studies, he worked as extra in many productions, he attended workshops of acting at various schools like the City Academy London, in 2006 he returned to Lugano and joined the theater company: "La Compagnia della Notte" where he worked on various theatrical productions (La notte prima del processo - The Blossom - Girotondo - Il Buio del Golgota - Dreamfastnet), in addition to theater since 2006 he has worked as extra in various Italian-Swiss television and film productions. In 2010 he began with small roles (Affari di Famiglia RSI - Oro Verde RSI), in 2015 he began to work also in Italy and in 2018 he moved to Rome to follow further training between various workshops (Studio Cinema Rome - La palestra dell'attore - La Bottega dell'attore) and small roles in various productions (Extravergine FOXLIFE, Liberi Tutti Rai3). Since 2019 he has been traveling, studying and working between Lugano, Rome and London.
- Music Department
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- Soundtrack
Luca Pianca was born in 1958 in Lugano, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Il Giardino Armonico (1999), Viva Vivaldi (2000) and Discovery of Passion (2021).- Luciano Zuccoli was born on 5 December 1868 in Calprino, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland [now Paradiso, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland]. He was a writer and actor, known for L'edera senza quercia (1918), L'amore di Loredana (1920) and Kif Tebbi (1928). He died on 26 November 1929 in Paris, France.
- Marco Blaser was born on 6 May 1935 in Lugano, Switzerland. Marco is a director, known for Mike Moltos Musik-Magazin (1965), Jeux sans frontières (1965) and Hit-Parade - Schlager von gestern und heute (1962).
- Sergio Devecchi was born in 1947 in Lugano, Switzerland.
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Walter Weber was born on 5 July 1949 in Lugano, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Der erste Schnee (1979), Bella Block (1993) and Tatort (1970).- Sound Department
Sandro Schneebeli was born on 28 January 1974 in Lugano, Switzerland. He is known for Stella Ciao (2015) and Kulturplatz (2004).- Piera Rolandi was born on 7 March 1927 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. She died on 14 January 2011 in Pomarance, Tuscany, Italy.
- Franco Ambrosetti was born on 10 December 1941 in Lugano, Switzerland. He is a composer, known for Terra bruciata (1995), Arsène Lupin (1971) and The Journey (1986).
- Art Director
Christian Rebecchi was born in Lugano, Switzerland. He attended the Art School in Lugano (Liceo Artistico C.S.I.A.) and afterwards the Painting course of Professor Nicola Salvatore at the Brera's Art Academy in Milan (Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera), graduating in 2005. Since 1996 he works together with Pablo Togni and give life to the Nevercrew to do street art, graphics, and other expression forms such as sculpture, designer toys, illustration, photography and video.- Born in 1956 in the Italian-speaking Lugano, in Switzerland, he approached acting relatively late in life due to lack of financial means in his early years and the non-existence of appropriate programs for actors and/or directors in his native land. He was born in a multi-lingual family and therefore he is fluent in four major European languages (English, German, Italian and French). In later years, having specialized in languages and history of the Middle Ages, as well as being a committed scholar of World War II, and after a long series of jobs that covered the entire spectrum of office work, from translator to web-salesman and from insurance agent to web designer, he finally made his big leap into formal acting schooling. Patrick finally managed to be accepted by The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, in 1988, in which he frequented acting classes with David Gideon and Irma Sandrey, as well as directorial courses imparted by Shami Chaikin. After a first intensive study year, he was, to his surprise, accepted into the professional class. After another intensive year, he decided he wanted to deepen his knowledge in classic acting and deepened his knowledge in Elizabethan Theatre and literature, with an especial fondness for Shakespeare and Ben Johnson. Having failed to be noticed by major agents and casting directors, he decided to open his own school and theater company, first in London, then pursued in New York. An endeavor which did not last long, but had earned him recognition and respect from professionals in the field. Soon after, he was hired as an Artistic Director and Stage Director for a short lived theatre company called AWD (Actors-Writers-Directors). He managed to do a lot of stage work, both as an actor, as well as a director, both in the United States and in Europe, especially when it came to cover imposing roles, such as Kings and/or figures of authority (as an actor, due to his strong stage presence), and tackle with difficult subjects in plays such as "Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie", "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (in which he also played George), and the "Night of the Iguana" (as a director). Having lived and worked for more than twelve years in the United States, he also managed to come to grips with a pretty decent American accent and some dialects. Today, having been forced to return to Switzerland due to the poor health of his own mother and therefore assist her (as the only direct surviving relative), Patrick is representing talented writers, as a freelance agent (or rogue agent) if you will, because he is convinced that some doors are still open for newcomers, although he does it on a voluntary basis and not for profit. His main ambition still remains to be able to prove his skills as a character actor in movies, as well as to direct one or two major movies about subjects that are close to his heart. One being the life of Beethoven, and the other is a new revised and accurate account of the Battle of the Bulge, viewed from both sides of the Battleground (a sort of "The Longest Day" in the Ardennes).
- Sergio Ermotti was born on 11 May 1960 in Lugano, Switzerland.