Das Geheimnis von Bern

Bernese dialect wherever you listen. Whether in rock, pop, rap or slam: the Bernese have dominated the dialect scene in German-speaking Switzerland for many years. What is the secret behind this phenomenon? Following his award-winning cinema documentary ‘Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae’, Stascha Bader goes in search of traces of Bern's musical identity. Starting with clichés, he discovers formative folk songs and authors of the past. What began as a musical search for clues turns out to be a journey to the roots of our common social identity. Because the voices from Bern have been telling and singing their way into our collective consciousness not for decades, but for centuries. A journey through the present and history of the Bernese dialect scene, where we encounter greats such as Steff La Cheffe, Christine Lauterburg, Gölä, Trauffer, Greis, Baze, Serej, Poul Prügu, Stahlberger, Mario Batkovi? and many more.