Film "Hidden files" by Valeria Stucki
Hidden files – a film by Valeria Stucki
2025, 18 min, 4K, Switzerland, Swiss German, French
Subtitles: German, French, English, Italian
2025, 18 min, 4K, Switzerland, Swiss German, French
Subtitles: German, French, English, Italian
Hidden files
A film by Valeria Stucki
Kathrin Veith as Lea Boillat
Daniel Ludwig as Jean-Pierre Boillat
Verena Rothenbühler: Archivist, Zurich State Archives
Tanja Rietmann: Historian
Heinz Kräuchi: Co-editor of Knabenheim auf der Grube
Valeria Stucki: Screenplay, director, editor
Silvan Hillmann: Cinematography
Kathleen Moser, Mike Enichmeyer, Daniel Eaton: Sound
Antonio Trullén Funcia: Editing
Jonathan Darch: Sound design, mixing
Fatima Dunn: Music
Meret Bhend: Colour grading
Martina @urtikarie: Costumes
Metro Gustavo: Calligraphy
Aira Manalo: Graphics
Paula Gund: Archival clarifications
Anna Sommer: Project management Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies IZFG
Urs Bräm: Project management STURM UND BRÄM
Deborah Morat: Project management Federal Office of Justice
MarieLies Birchler, Carol Blanc, Mario Delfino, Fabienne Frieden: Experts
Vanessa Bignasca, Sara Galle: Scientific consulting
Locations
Mümliswil Memorial Centre for Institutionalised Children and Indentured Servants
Zurich State Archives
Hindelbank Prison
Historical image material
‘Enfances brisées.’ – RTS Radio Télévision Suisse – Temps Présent – 2005 – Raphaël Engel and Antoine Plantevain
Black-and-white photographs courtesy of:
Private archive of Pierre Avvanzino
City Archives of the Local Community of St. Gallen
Bern State Archives: V Schulheim Ried 1975 – S-8mm digital copy
Many thanks to
The Avvanzino family
Antonia Bissig, Judith Fluri (Guido Fluri Foundation)
Ava Blanc
Rosalia Blum
The Blum family
Sergio Da Costa
René Dasen, Andrea Wechlin, Henriette Grenacher (Hindelbank Prison)
Sarah Daumerie
Denise Dgaid
Anouk Dunant Gonzenbach (Geneva State Archives)
Ludovic Favre (LAVI Geneva Centre)
Beat Gnädinger (Zurich State Archives)
Elif Gutknecht (Bern University Library)
Edgar Hagen
Martina Hofer (Aargau State Archives)
Martina Kälin (Schwyz State Archives)
Robert Karpf
Corinne Künzli
Marta Lorente
Petitjean family
Willy Resin
Nicolas Reynaud
Meret Schefer, Pascaline Sordet (Climage)
Silvia and Fred Sommer-Bösch
Viviane Sprunger (Loveresse Municipal Secretariat)
Saschko Steven Schmid
Anne-Catherine Studer
Barbara Studer Immenhauser, Rea Wyser-Imboden, Katrin Schneeberger (Bern State Archives)
Esther Walter
Delphine Zimmermann (RTS Archives)
A project by STURM UND BRÄM, Bern and Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies ICFG, University of Bern
Commissioned by the Federal Office of Justice, ‘Remembering for Tomorrow’ programme
© Valeria Stucki