The very first western prank with dialect-showdown

 

Recording of "Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf” started on 30 August 2011 in Diersburg in Baden-Wurttemberg, ending 12 October 2011. The film stars a high profile cast of genuine Swabians: Natalia Wörner plays Maria Häberle from Oberriesling, Karoline Eichhorn plays her sister Christine. Klara Häberle – the wild and cheeky pet of the family – is played by Julia Nachtmann. The young girl is deeply in love with Peter Rossbauer from Unterrieslingen, played by Hans Löw. Gottfried Häberle, the patriarch who is fighting a lost battle, is played by Christian Pätzold, and Elisabeth Schwarz plays Elisabeth Rossbauer, the headstrong pig  farmer and the mother of Peter.

 

No other German province is pursuing new paths at the same pace as Baden-Wurttemberg. No other German province enjoys the sympathies and solidarity the Swabians are currently being granted. There has never been a better time for producing a Swabian comedy and the audience enjoys the Swabian wit and humor that reflects in its dialect. 

 

"We are making a western and not a stuffy “Heimatfilm” –  and at monkey-like speed because the Swabian is not slow by nature but really fast”, says the author and director Ulrike Grote about her project. Having grown up in Pforzheim, she is an expert on Swabians. In 2005, she won the desirable Student Oscar as the director of her short film "Der Ausreißer" , which was also nominated for the Oscar in the category best short film one year later.