The mysterious Mister Loertscher – Part II

There was an active 9.5mm Film Club in Bern until the mid-2000s. Through various donations, parts of the film collection of the “9.5mm Filmklub Bern” as well as their documents such as protocols and lists of members found their way into the Lichtspiel. For our restoration project, this collection is very interesting, which is why I have been looking through films and paper documents on the club over the last few weeks  – and I met Mr. Loertscher again.

Based on the celebratory publication for the 25th anniversary of the film club from 1978 as well as a list of members from 1984, I can now say with certainty that A. Lörtscher and A. Loertscher are Adolf Lörtscher, owner of a parquet shop in Bern Bümpliz.

Using the Film Club’s documents, it is now possible to identify many other filmmakers who are only listed in abbreviated form in our database. It seems to have been a quirk of the club to give the first name only with the first letter and to write out only the surname.

That’ s all for the moment. A more detailed description of the 9.5mm Film Club in Bern will follow.