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

Hidden files – a film by Valeria Stucki
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