Movies by Vittorio Alfieri

Harold and the Ghosts

Harold and the Ghosts

Harold Mortimer is the last of his clan. The old dilapidated castle is all he has left and he urgently needs money for renovation. Until now, he earned his living from tourists. But the ghosts, once helpful in scaring the numerous clientele, are staying away, because the whisky cellar is empty. Without ghosts, there are no tourists, no money, no renovation, no whishy, no ghosts.... a vicious circle. Enraged, he decides to get rid of the ghosts once and for all and chases them back to the graveyard where they once came from. There he meets th...

Die Akte Dschihad

Die Akte Dschihad

For years, Belga Chemical was used by the most powerful arms corporations as a transshipment point for international arms trafficking. Even before this scandal is uncovered, Daniel Rousseu is able to go into hiding with all the evidence. In his hiding place, he creates a documentary to which he gives the name Jihad. Daniel Rousseu is no longer willing to cover up for the real backers, the powerful bosses of the arms mafia, and wants to turn himself in to the police, testify before the investigating committee and present the Jihad file - The ...

The Barber And The Bomb

The Barber And The Bomb

Wednesday afternoon was deliberately chosen. There were a lot of customers in front of and in the brothers Özcan and Hasan Yildirim’s barbershop on 9 June 2004, when 700 three-inch carpenters’ nails turned into projectiles with a 250 metre range. 22 people were injured. The attack was infamous; the course of the investigations was equally scandalous: the victims were suspected. CCTV material was not analysed and Federal Minister of the Interior Otto Schily decisively ruled out a right wing background. It was only in 2001 that this crime was ...