OFFSHORE - ELMER AND THE SWISS BANK SECRECY

OFFSHORE - ELMER UND DAS BANKGEHEIMNIS

By Werner SCHWEIZER

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2016

While managers of Swiss banks in the USA ruefully apologize for their tax evasions practices and customer data is disclosed to the American authorities, Rudolf Elmer, former auditor at bank Julius Bär, is indicted for violating the Swiss banking secrecy law on the Cayman Islands.

Festivals
& Awards

Solothurner Filmtage 2016
Duisburger Filmwoche 2016
Whistleblower Festival Brüssel 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama, True Story, Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • SWISS-GERMAN, GERMAN, FRENCH, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 102 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Werner SCHWEIZER
    • Writer(s)
    • Werner SCHWEIZER, Daniel VON AARBURG
    • Producer(s)
    • Samir - (Dschoint Ventschr), Sereina GABATHULER (Dschoint Ventschr)
    • Synopsis
    • While, in the US, Swiss bank managers are apologizing for their practice of tax evasion, and lists of clients are made available to the American authorities, Rudolf Elmer, former auditor at Julius Bär, is accused of violation of the Swiss bank secrecy in the Cayman Islands. Once an insider, Elmer has turned into a critic.