Credits: 

Produced by TV STOP / SSI, Denmark / Switzerland / Holland 1995. 
Execution: Jakob, Ärger & Seelenlos 
Featuring the talents of Ärger, Seelenlos, Bruno Kistler, Jürg Boll, Stan Polmos, Alfred Fickelgrübler, Zia Zadroga, Wolfram Knorr and many others. 
Additional footage: SF DRS & SUB TV, Zürich. 
Soundtrack: Der Kleine Hirnfick aka Pszychisz Teror, Swans, Amebix, Gore, Paul Lemos. 

First transmission at TV STOP Copenhagen October 23rd 1995 

ATTENTION: This video illegal in Switzerland! 

English spoken / partly german with english subs 
Running time 60 minutes. 
 

THE "BLUTGEIL CASE" 
A Real-Life Comedy in 6 Parts 

Summary: 

Introduction: The secret files about artists at the Swiss Political Police. 

PART 1: PRODUCTION-BACKGROUND 
-  Eviction of the "Needle Park" in Zurich 
-  The Wohlgroth-Squat 
-  Coincidences: Special prison for junkies named after BLUTGEIL-Production company, fictious Special Drug Squad becoming reality during editing. 

PART 2: THE PLANNED FIRST SCREENING 
-  1st screening scheduled for Nov 26. 1993 at Wohlgroth Squat 
-  Hysteria about eviction 
-  4 copies of BLUTGEIL sent to local newspapers. One titles "Wohlgroth squatters reveal their faces" and pass their copy further to the police. 
-  "James Bond-Eviction" of the Wohlgroth 3 days before 1st screening, only 2 squatters found. 
-  Feared riots actually happen. Bygoer gravily hurt. Police can't prevent damage at shops and cars. 

PART 3: THE RAID 
-  Political Police gets engaged to schedule BLUTGEIL-raid for Monday Nov. 29th concearning gravely bodily injury and illegal portrayal of violence. 
-  First raid in the wrong house at a respectable family - incl. confiscation of a bag of childbooks. 
-  Raid by about 40 policemen armed with submachineguns, rubber-bullet-guns, nervegas - and handicams. 
-  Video-war: Political Police films raid with same cameras BLUTGEIL was shot, and their video starts exactly where BLUTGEIL ended. 
-  All-around-confiscation of cultural works (books, records, music-videos, comics, etc) and other stuff e.g. Frank Zappa's film "200 Motels", private letters, adressbook, etc. 

PART 4: THE MEDIA 
-  How to turn bad press into good press by repeatedly spreading the facts how ridiculously the political police actually do their job. 

PART 5: UNCLE  BRUNO 
-  Police speaker Bruno Kistler shows minor schoolboys and -girls BLUTGEIL in his office, denies everything - and gets off free, while makers face 4-month-charges. 

PART 6: THE TRIALS 
-  District attorney Jürg Boll wants makers go to jail. 
-  Nov 23rd 1994, exactly one year after the Wohlgroth-eviction, trial before city-court. Police joins happening with special black shock-troops, rubbing their clubs and searching people for bomb as featured in BLUTGEIL. 
-  Court rules makers "not guilty". 
-  Still one of them looses job and gets effective professional ban. 
-  State's attorney lodges appeal. 
-  Zurich Supreme Court rules BLUTGEIL "guilty" Sept 6th 1995: "Culture must be positive!" 
-  Production-costs real live-comedy: $ 150'000.- 
-  Production-costs BLUTGEIL: $ 1'000.- 

PLUS: BLUTGEIL aka Zurich Cop Eaters IV. The Movie. Officially banned and destroyed in Switzerland! UNCENSORED. English subtitles. 

PLUS: THE EXPERT. Film criticist Wolfram Knorr reveals why BLUTGEIL must be forbidden.