The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

The incredible story of how the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man was discovered by a hunter in one of the most remote parts of the country. The dead man's detailed notes reveal that he actually committed suicide through self-imposed starvation only the summer before. Liechti's film is a stunning rapprochement of a fictional text, which itself is based upon a true event: a cinematic manifesto for life, challenged by the main character's radical renunciation of life itself.

Cast

Peter Mettler

Narrator

Alexander Tschernek

Narrator

Crew

Peter Liechti

Director

Peter Guyer

Director of Photography

Norbert Möslang

Original Music Composer

Peter Liechti

Director of Photography

Tania Stöcklin

Editor

Peter Liechti

Producer

Matthias Kälin

Director of Photography

Christoph Homberger

Original Music Composer

Balthasar Jucker

Sound Mixer

Christian Beusch

Sound