Christian Labhart

The work of Swiss director and activist Christian Labhart (1953) blends an interest in art with an interest in social activism. His films are also often inspired by themes of classical art. He devoted several films to the anthroposophic movement, but his best known film is Appassionata (2012) about a Swiss virtuoso's journey to her native Ukraine and the portrait documentary, Giovanni Segantini: Magic des Lichts (2015).