Founded | 1980 |
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Founder | Bernard Lang |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Anne-Catherine Lang Olivier Zobrist |
Products | Film, TV |
Website | www.langfilm.ch |
Lang Film is a film and TV production company based in Freienstein, Switzerland. The company produces documentary films, feature films and TV films. Lang Film is one of the most well-known Swiss film production companies. [1] The company also includes Langfilm Distribution [2] and the cinema neues KINO [3] in Freienstein.
The company is responsible for the production of Swiss film classics such as Höhenfeuer by Fredi M. Murer and The Mountain by Markus Imhoof. [4]
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