SAS CINEMATIC 50 years ago a bunch of SASlers shoot two shortfilms under director Beat Walpoth. The awarded films shows a lot of improvisation and a lot of action. And at the end a naked woman emerging from a ski bag…
Beat Walpoth | SAS Zürich
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In the post 1968’s we were a group of young and daring SASlers still studying at various universities in Switzerland and full of crazy ideas. This was also the time when magnificent ski films were made such as the ones from Willy Bogner and others. At that time most films dealt with social-political issues and were problematic and depressing. Therefore, we had something funny in mind. In the SAS we were a group of young, adventurous skiers, especially in Zurich where I studied medicine, who were ready for all kinds of film adventures and that is how it all started. The father of one of my friends was Dr. Richter, a Munich ‘Fasching Prinz’, the founder and owner of Arriflex cameras which were the world’s best at the time. So, I went to Munich with my old Volkswagen to tell him about our plans and ask his advice. He lent us the most recent professional film material for making this movie and asked us only to insure it, which we could barely pay! Nobody in our team had any film experience therefore the first
