The Black Brothers
98 mins
Up until the middle of the 19Th century, poverty stricken mountain farmers from the Ticino area of Switzerland frequently sold their children to Milan as chimney sweeps or spazzacamini. That is also young Giorgios fate. He is forced to climb through pitch black chimneys, flinging down the soot with his bare hands. But he does not lose heart. Together with his buddies sharing in the same misery, he establishes the association of Black Brothers. They stick together, struggling against their penury and getting involved in fights with the street gangs of Milan. The film tells of the gripping adventures of the chimney sweep boys and their spectacular escape back to their native land.
Can Schneider
Dante
Jasper Smets
Riccardo
Sergen Ecin
Luigi
Max Damisi
Marco
Ciro de Chiara
Meister Spitzbart
Robin Gorges
Katze
Ivd Immanuel Kortlang
Einaugiger
Nedjo Osman
Meister 2
Leni Wesselman
Andere Dame
Ingeborg Vehlen
Marktfrau (uncredited)
Peter Brachschoss
Handwerker (uncredited)
Klaus Richter
Screenplay
Kurt Held
Novel
Lisa Tetzner
Novel
Fritjof Hohagen
Screenplay
Karin Koch
Co-Producer
Brigitta Mühlenbeck
Commissioning Editor
Fritjof Hohagen
Executive Producer
Cornelia Ackers
Commissioning Editor
Balz Bachmann
Music
Clarens Grollmann
Producer
Gernot Thöndel
Set Decoration
Roman Klink
Commissioning Editor
Nadja Dumouchel
Commissioning Editor
Bettina Lessnig
Art Direction
Anja Dihrberg
Casting
Simon Happ
Line Producer
Giulia Fretta
Commissioning Editor
Giulietta Rimoldi
Set Decoration
Ole Kampovski
Commissioning Editor
Andreas Schreitmüller
Commissioning Editor
Wolfgang Herold
Co-Producer
Géraldine Dardano
Set Decoration
Stephan O. Hansch
Co-Executive Producer
Cornelius Conrad
Commissioning Editor
Fritjof Hohagen
Producer
Tanja Pelster
Stunts
Alexander Loskant
Co-Producer
Pierre Pfundt
Art Direction
Jo Hattenhauer
Art Direction
Birgit Hutter
Costume Design
Frank Bollinger
Production Design
Wasiliki Bleser
Co-Producer
Katja Jerabek
Stunt Coordinator
Jacqueline Rietz
Casting
Eric Kasanowski
Compositing Artist