The Fuggers in the Silver Empire

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 90 min
  • Premiere: 2021. October 26.

Around 1520, Schwaz and the silver region became the Silver Empire, the Silicon Valley of Europe. Not only the mining of silver and copper, but also the associated “industry” characterize the villages and hamlets of the region. With the arrival of the Fuggers, the Tyrolean trades disappear. Power, powerlessness, wealth and poverty - new times dawn in the “silver empire”. In 1521, the Fuggers take over the exploitation of silver mining in Schwaz/Tyrol. This marks the beginning of a new European era. Schwaz silver is used to buy empires, finance wars and set progress in motion. But it is not only the “silver town” of Schwaz, but also the entire region around Schwaz along the Lower Inn Valley, as well as other regions of Europe, that provide innovations with silver and also the lesser-known copper mining.

Discover

Peter Gstrein

Self - Geologist

Ursula Kirchner

Self - Stadtarchiv Schwaz

Art

Philipp Walser

Production Design

Camera

Gerhard Mader

Director of Photography

Stefan Krössbacher

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Hilde Fuchs

Costume Design

Kornelia Koitz

Costume Design

Rosi Brückler

Makeup Artist

Crew

Henriette Maslo

Commissioning Editor

Directing

Ute Heidorn

Second Unit Director

Ute Heidorn

Assistant Director

Editing

Wolfgang Riedl

Assistant Editor

Production

Petra Gruber

Producer

Thomas Gallhuber

Production Manager

Verena Wechselberger

Executive In Charge Of Production

Sound

Writing