Marys Queen of Scotts won Best Swiss Film Award

Best Fiction Film 2014

Mary Queen Of Scots

by Thomas ImbachMary Queen of Scots spends her childhood in France and is meant to become also Queen of France. However, her ailing husband dies and the young widow returns alone to Scotland, a country devastated by war. Elizabeth has just become Queen of England, for Mary she is like a twin sister to whom she can open her heart. Mary weds again and gives birth to an heir to the thrown. Her second husband, Lord Darnley, proves to be a weakling. When Mary finds the love of her life, the Earl of Bothwell, she has Darnley murdered and marries Bothwell. Horrified by this deed and the blind passion that motivated it, both the nobles and the people of Scotland spurn her.CastRutherford Camille, Biggerstaff Sean, Barnard Aneurin, Hogg Edward, Dehbi Mehdi, Curran Tony, Duran Roxane, Todeschini Bruno, Preiss Joana, Schellenberg ZoéScreenplayImbach Thomas, Staka Andrea, Habsburg EduardProductionOkofilm Productions GmbH Zürich, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Zürich, SRG SSR Bern 31, ARTE Strasbourg Cedex, Sciapode Productions ParisCrewCinematography: Klausmann RainerEditing: La Belle TomLocationsoundmix: Poletti HugoSounddesign: Bräker PeterArtdirection: Damovsky GeraldLighting: Fritscher PeterCostumes: Jost RudolfCasting: Davis Leo, De Laubier Marie, Oláh Lisa