ECHOES OF HOME aka HEIMATKLÄNGE

Year: 2007
UK: ICA Films
Cast: Erika Stucky, Noldi Alder, Christian Zehnder
Director: Stefan Schwietert
Country: Switzerland
Language: German (English subtitles)
UK: 82 mins
UK Certificate: tbc
UK Release Date: 24 July 2009 (Limited Release - wider)
UK Release Date: 10 July 2009 (Limited Release - London, ICA)
ICA

Synopsis

This wonderful documentary gives us an understanding of the great Swiss musical tradition of yodelling, informed by the alpine landscape of soaring peaks and deep glacial valleys, relayed by old traditionalists and young innovators.