DOCUMENTARY | Robber Barons and Swords | FREIENSTEIN CASTLE | Myths, legends, archeology, history

#Castles #Ruins #Documentary #Medieval #Archaeology
High above the village Freienstein in Switzerland lies the ruin of the castle of the same name.
The myths and legends, excavations and finds, its history and destruction - we get to the bottom of all these things in this documentary.
Produced by Magic Motions Filmproduktionen - www.magicmotion...
In cooperation with the Cantonal Archaeology Zurich - ad.zh.ch
Soundtrack by Kel Amrun - kelamrun.ch
Chapters:
0:49 The beginnings of the castle
2:32 What was the castle like?
5:36 In search of the traces
7:50 The destruction of the castle: the legend of the robber baron of Freienstein
9:19 After the destruction
10:08 The archaeological excavation / The swords of Freienstein
15:38 The restoration of the ruin
18:22 The secrets of Freienstein castle, and the search of the truth
19:55 Is the legend true?
Credits:
Producer, Editor & Director - Gregor Bächi
UAV recordings - Lukas Schuler, Stephan Roos, Daniel Hager
Camera - Gregor Bächi
Animations - Pascal Willi
Music - Kel Amrun
Narrator - Roy Gablinger
Editors - Gregor Bächi, Martin Meier
Assistant Director - Susanne Bächi
Additional sound editing - Philipp Böhlen
Editing French subtitles - Karen Torres
Editing Italian subtitles - Mark Rossi
Spanish subtitles editing - Hatay Sanchez
Editing English subtitles - Trevor Franklin
UA-cam thumbnail - Tolis Dokianos
Photography - Martin Meier
Interview partners
Werner Lienhard - local historian
Werner Wild - Archaeologist
Peter Niederhäuser - Historian
Christian Winkel - field excavation technician
Thanks for the support:
Cantonal Archaeology Zurich
Winterthur City Archive