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Xavier Koller
Director 82 years old

Xavier Koller

Ibach, Switzerland

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His film Journey of Hope won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990. After graduating from High School, Koller first went... Read full bio →

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3 titles
Die schwarzen Brüder

Die schwarzen Brüder

Xavier Koller 2013 1h 38m 6.0

Up until the middle of the 19Th century, poverty stricken mountain farmers from the Ticino area of Switzerland frequently sold their children to Milan as chimney sweeps or spazzacamini. That is also young Giorgios fate. He is forced to climb through pitch black chimneys, flinging down the soot with his bare hands. But he does not lose heart.

Cowboy Up

Cowboy Up

Xavier Koller 2002 1h 45m 5.0

Two brothers, One is a bull rider, the other a rodeo bullfighter/stock contractor, clash over the love of barrel racer Celia Jones, while each comes into their own in their respective field in the rodeo world.

Reise der Hoffnung

Reise der Hoffnung

Xavier Koller 1990 1h 50m 7.0

In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two.

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