AND TOMORROW WE WILL BE DEAD

UND MORGEN SEID IHR TOT

By Michael STEINER

CINEPLEX DEVELOPMENT CO. - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline

Drama - Completed 2021


While traveling in Pakistan, Swiss couple DANIELA and DAVID get kidnapped and handed over to the Taliban. The two live 8 months in hostage-taking, until they finally manage to escape.

    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, True Story, Thriller
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • SWISS-GERMAN
    • Budget
    • 3 - 5 M$
    • Duration
    • 115 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Michael STEINER
    • Writer(s)
    • Urs BÜHLER, Daniel YOUNG
    • Producer(s)
    • Reto SCHAERLI (Zodiac Pictures Ltd), Lukas HOBI (Zodiac Pictures Ltd)
    • Synopsis
    • In 2011 the young Swiss couple DANIELA WIDMER and DAVID OCH get kidnapped on their journey along the old Silk Road in Pakistan. They’re taken 500 kilometres to warlike Waziristan and handed over to the local Taliban. The two of them are living under the most precarious conditions for 8 months in hostage custody, until they finally succeed in escaping from the Taliban, as the only civilians so far.

      “And Tomorrow we will be Dead” celebrated its World Premiere as Opening Film at Zurich Film Festival 2021 and is based on the true story of a Swiss couple, who managed to flee from Pakistan Taliban captivity.