LE PIETRE DI ATTILIO BENETTI
THE STONES OF ATTILIO BENETTI
/ 2002 / 39 min / Colour
A world-renowned palaeontologist, founder of the Museo dei Fossili della Lessinia, Attilio Benetti talks about his childhood, his emigrant past, his passion for caving, and his tireless work gathering stories and traditions of the Lessinia.
Josef Schwellensattl
Josef Schwellensattl was born in the Val d’Ultimo in 1954. After receiving a diploma at the Art School of Ortisei, he moved to Munich where he attended the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen. Since 1981, he has worked as an author and director for the Bayerisches Fernsehen. His documentary, Das Kalb in der Kuh und das Korn in der Kist' (2007), won the Lessinia d'Argento at the XIII Film Festival della Lessinia.