Sven Schelker

Sven Schelker is a Swiss theatre and film actor and musician. He studied at the Gymnasium Münchenstein, with a focus on music, and later at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich.

The Circle (2014)

A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. He joins a gay organization that is eventually seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation in Europe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefan Haupt
CAST:  Babett Arens  •  Aaron Hitz  •  Martin Hug  •  Matthias Hungerbühler

A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. He joins a gay organization that is eventually seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation in Europe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stefan Haupt
CAST:  Babett Arens  •  Aaron Hitz  •  Martin Hug  •  Matthias Hungerbühler

Goliath (2017)

David's and Jessy's love is put to the test when Jessy unintentionally gets pregnant. The thought of becoming a father causes David to panic. Later, when they are attacked in the train and David is unable to protect his girlfriend, David's fear of not being man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominik Locher
CAST:  Sven Schelker  •  Jasna Fritzi Bauer  •  José Barros  •  Bettina Stucky

David's and Jessy's love is put to the test when Jessy unintentionally gets pregnant. The thought of becoming a father causes David to panic. Later, when they are attacked in the train and David is unable to protect his girlfriend, David's fear of not being man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominik Locher
CAST:  Sven Schelker  •  Jasna Fritzi Bauer  •  José Barros  •  Bettina Stucky

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DIRECTION:  Daniel Lommatzsch
CAST:  Bruno Cathomas  •  André Szymanski  •  Alice Dwyer  •  Nadja Schönfeldt

Auerhaus (2019)

Four troubled friends who despite the feeling that they live standardized lives share a flat under the sceptical looks of their neighbours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neele Vollmar
CAST:  Luna Wedler  •  Damian Hardung  •  Devrim Lingnau  •  Milan Peschel

Four troubled friends who despite the feeling that they live standardized lives share a flat under the sceptical looks of their neighbours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neele Vollmar
CAST:  Luna Wedler  •  Damian Hardung  •  Devrim Lingnau  •  Milan Peschel

Paradise War: The Story of Bruno Manser (2019)

1984: Searching for an experience that goes deeper than the superficiality of modern civilization, Bruno Manser travels into the jungles of Borneo and finds it with the nomadic Penan tribe. It is an encounter that changes his life forever. When the existence of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niklaus Hilber
CAST:  Sven Schelker  •  Nick Kelesau  •  Elizabeth Ballang  •  Charlotte Heinimann

1984: Searching for an experience that goes deeper than the superficiality of modern civilization, Bruno Manser travels into the jungles of Borneo and finds it with the nomadic Penan tribe. It is an encounter that changes his life forever. When the existence of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niklaus Hilber
CAST:  Sven Schelker  •  Nick Kelesau  •  Elizabeth Ballang  •  Charlotte Heinimann

Ökozid (2020)

The consequences of the climate catastrophe are dramatic in 2034. Drought and floods destroy the livelihoods of millions of people. After the third storm tide in a row, the headquarters of the International Court of Justice in The Hague was evacuated. In a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andres Veiel
CAST:  Nina Kunzendorf  •  Ulrich Tukur  •  Friederike Becht  •  Hans-Jochen Wagner

The consequences of the climate catastrophe are dramatic in 2034. Drought and floods destroy the livelihoods of millions of people. After the third storm tide in a row, the headquarters of the International Court of Justice in The Hague was evacuated. In a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andres Veiel
CAST:  Nina Kunzendorf  •  Ulrich Tukur  •  Friederike Becht  •  Hans-Jochen Wagner

And Tomorrow You Will Be Dead (2021)

In 2011 the young married Swiss couple Daniela Widmer and David Och got kidnapped while being on a long trip along the old Silk Road in Pakistan. They were hand over to the Taliban and were held as hostages for 8 months under the most precarious conditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Steiner
CAST:  Morgane Ferru  •  Sven Schelker  •  Ingo Ospelt  •  Karin Pfammatter

In 2011 the young married Swiss couple Daniela Widmer and David Och got kidnapped while being on a long trip along the old Silk Road in Pakistan. They were hand over to the Taliban and were held as hostages for 8 months under the most precarious conditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Steiner
CAST:  Morgane Ferru  •  Sven Schelker  •  Ingo Ospelt  •  Karin Pfammatter

Measures of Men (2023)

Berlin at the end of the 19th Century. Alexander Hoffmann is an ambitious PhD student of Ethnology. When a delegation of the Herero and Nama tribes travels to Berlin during a ‘Colonial Exhibition’, he takes a special interest in their young female translator Kezia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars Kraume
CAST:  Leonard Scheicher  •  Peter Simonischek  •  Girley Jazama  •  Corinna Kirchhoff

Berlin at the end of the 19th Century. Alexander Hoffmann is an ambitious PhD student of Ethnology. When a delegation of the Herero and Nama tribes travels to Berlin during a ‘Colonial Exhibition’, he takes a special interest in their young female translator Kezia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lars Kraume
CAST:  Leonard Scheicher  •  Peter Simonischek  •  Girley Jazama  •  Corinna Kirchhoff