The Naked King
A Film by Andreas Hoessli / 2019 / 108 min
The Film
Watch NowIn 1978 Andreas Hoessli went to Poland for his doctoral studies. There he made friends with Ryszard Kapuscinski, who was working as a reporter on the unrest in Iran. Shortly after that the Solidarity protests began. 40 years later Hoessli looks back at the great upheavals that ran parallel to each other.
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THE NAKED KING - online cinema premiere in Germany
Andreas Hoessli's documentary THE NAKED KING - 18 FRAGMENTS ON REVOLUTION celebrated it's online cinema premiere in Germany on 10 February 2021. The film has already been shown at international film festivals and won the main award in the international competition at Dok.fest München.
Viewers from Switzerland can watch the film here.
In Germany you can watch the film here.
«A clever as well as poetic film about the essence of revolution» WOZ
The film explores the transformation of man in the revolution, confronts secret service agents and shows the attempt to capture a new attitude towards life in memory.
Director's Note
Read MoreMany of the questions that came to my mind while editing this film still remain with me today. Why is it that films and photographs from the revolution in Iran nearly always feature large crowds of people?