to the archive since 1947: • Historical films from our film... everything about film and video: https://filmpuls.ch The first Schellen-Ursli film was produced in 1964 by Condor-Film AG in the Engadin, including in Guarda, Canton Graubünden. It was created in collaboration with the author Selina Chönz. The main role of Schellenursli was played by the then seven-year-old Gianni Cantoni from St. Moritz. The Schellen-Ursli film from Switzerland became an international box office hit. It received over 10 international awards, was broadcast at film festivals in Barcelona, ​​Marseille, San Francisco, Paris and Edinburgh and made it into national and international cinemas. The film was also shown on television, for example on Finnish, Dutch, American and Canadian TV channels. http://www.engadinerpost.ch/2013/07/s... Schellen-Ursli (rarely also Schellenursli), in the Romansh original Uorsin, is a children's story by the author Selina Chönz and the artist Alois Carigiet. It is one of the most famous picture books in Switzerland. Selina Chönz wrote the text, the illustrations are by Alois Carigiet. The book was first published in 1945. The book's pictures and story caused a stir far beyond the Engadin. Although Schellenursli did not become as famous as Heidi, it can undoubtedly be counted among the great Swiss children's books. The origin of the story lies in Guarda, a village in the Lower Engadin. House number 51 on the west side of the Plazzetta zuos-cha (Romansh, 'dirty little place') served the Graubünden artist Alois Carigiet as a model for little Ursli's parents' house. The stately houses in the Lower Engadine are known for their thick walls, which are painted with pictures and sgraffito. The small windows and the large, decorated wooden gates are still typical features of houses in the Engadine today. The original story: "High up in the mountains, far from here, there lives a little boy like you," the story begins. It is set in Guarda, an Engadine village in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is about the custom of the Chalandamarz, which takes place every year on March 1st. Tradition dictates that in spring, winter is driven out with the loud ringing of bells by the Engadine children. The protagonist, the boy Ursli, only has a small bell for the Chalandamarz. He is teased by the other village boys because of this and does not want to accept that he has to walk at the end of the parade the following day. He remembers the large cowbell that hangs in the summer alpine hut in the Maiensäss. He decides on the spur of the moment to set off on the adventurous journey through deep snow. Meanwhile, his parents are worried, and as dusk falls, the whole village is looking for little Ursli; but he has happily arrived in the snow-covered Maiensäss. When Ursli shows up at home the next day with the big bell, there is great relief. Since Ursli now has the biggest bell, he can lead the procession. (Source: Wikipedia) Condor Films AG - since 1947 Kreuzstrasse 2 CH-8008 Zurich +41 44 256 1515 http://www.condorfilms.com