• Director(s):

    DECOMBES (EMMANUEL)

  • Producer(s):

    SYSTEM TV, ARTE FRANCE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2012

  • Language(s):

    German, English, Spanish, French, Polish

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

Dominated by the hills of the Massif des Vosges, Kayersberg nestles in the Weiss valley, an archetypal Alsatian village…

Since the Middle Ages, when the region was under the protection of the German empire, the village has been alternately occupied by the French and Germans. Frederick II, the grandson of Frederick I – Barberossa – built a castle here in the early 13th century, designed to defend himself from the Dukes of Lorraine, and control the valley… Kayersberg is also renowned for its vineyards and for one of its sons, the world-famous Albert Schweitzer