Solothurner Filmtage 2006
Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2006
Gambit
CH/DE 2005 107'
Director: Sabine Gisiger
Script: Sabine Gisiger
Camera: Reinhard Köcher, Helena Vagnières
Sound: Andreas Litmanowitsch, Matteo de Pellegrini
Editing:: Patricia Wagner
Music:: Peter Bräker, Balz Bachmann
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In 1976 a massive explosion at chemicals factory Icmesa in the Italian Seveso had devastating consequences for neighbouring communities and their environment. Icmesa's parent company was Givaudan, which in turn belonged to Hoffman La Roche, based in Basel. Following the accident, Icmesa's technical director Jorg Sambeth was charged with failing to keep adequate security measures. During his investigations into the true cause and background to the catastrophe, Sambeth stumbled upon facts that were damaging to those who were paying his lawyers. Yet he is sentenced to five years in prison. How should he take up his grievances with this conglomerate of companies?