Ernest Ansorge

A dream-like version of the Sabbath in the Middle Ages: one night at full moon, the women leave home to meet with the devil in the woods. Several orgiastic ceremonies later, they all return home at cockcrow. All except for one, the youngest, who is under an evil spell.

Thirteen Swiss filmmakers, each from their own point of view, chronicle and reconstruct the narrative of Swiss cinema, from its beginning to the present day, and in doing so, retrace the history of the country.

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Surreal animation with sand and metal slivers by Ernest Ansorge, Gisèle Ansorge

The Ravens was the couple's first sand animation film and the prelude to a unique work.

A young "social investigator" meets a bohemian Englishman who decides to move in with her, disrupting her daily life and challenging her lifestyle and values.

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This is a single-frame film. Even if man can live on the edge of a violent and expansionistic society that he objects to, he will nevertheless end up "in agreement with his fellow men."

My first smile comes from a man of peace, my second from a thinker, and my third from a demon. The whole thing is a recap of deep, (very) dark humour.

Since the time immemorial, man bears a woman-image within himself. And from birth to death, that image deteriorates at the rhythm of life, in the manner of a train gone wild: the end of its acceleration only comes with the abrupt breakdown of its worn-out mechanism.

The tentants of a block of low rental housing lead their daily lives without ever meeting each other. A succession of strange events make them suspicious. They discover that a crow is responsible. They decide to catch it. After its disappearance they will be able to meet and talk together.

A panorama of Swiss animation from 1920 to the present, created for the Swiss Confederation's 700th anniversary. A look at the very roots of the national identity through some of the most memorable films.

Commissioned by the Swiss Chamber of Watchmaking to encourage vocations among young people in the sector, the film features a wild animal tamer based on a screenplay by Emmanuel Gottraux. Gisèle and Nag Ansorge here bring to life the paper cut-outs designed by Jean Monod, and Thierry Fervant creates his first film music for the couple, starting a collaboration with them up to their latest productions.

A film by Ernest Ansorge and Gisèle Ansorge.

Alone and with no roof over her head, Granny knits a house and two little children out of her wool. Her children are so different from the norm that the school, the entire village and even the authorities reject them. Discouraged, Granny unravels everthing.

The adventures of a cat, who can transform into something else when a certain melody is played on the flute.

Patients at a psychiatric hospital depict their impressions of a day in pictures.

A caricature of people who cannot understand each other despite being in love. This film was part of a portrait of Othmar Schoeck, produced by the German Swiss Television music department.