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Kurt Gloor was one of the few truly unique Swiss film directors. Born in 1942 in Zurich, he studied art and graphics there before working as an assistant cameraman on advertisement films. Simultaneously, Gloor, who believed in film's revolutionary potential, created several short films that already reflected his signature themes: the isolation of urban life, the oppression of women, the elderly and children, the precarious existence of mountain farmers, government repression of drug addicts, and the contentious practices of psychiatry. In his first feature film, "Die plötzliche Einsamkeit des Konrad Steiner" ("The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner," 1976), Gloor depicted the story of 75-year-old shoemaker Steiner, whose wife has passed away and whose apartment and workplace have been terminated. When Steiner refuses to move into an assisted living facility, the Swiss government sends the young and attractive social worker Claudia, with whom Steiner falls in love, sparking his fight against the government's suppression of the elderly. In Gloor's "Der Erfinder" ("The Inventor," 1981), Bruno Ganz portrays Jakob Nüssli, who invents a car that already exists. This film stands as a tribute to those who, despite having good ideas, remain unrecognized because their timing was off. Whether Kurt Gloor himself was such an unacknowledged inventor is uncertain, but he died by suicide on September 20, 1997, in Zurich.
