Le film retrace l'étrange histoire de l'éléphant indien Raja qui, en 1550 environ, a fait un voyage rocambolesque des forêts du Kerala jusqu'à Vienne en passant par Lisbonne.
Karl Saurer
Born in 1943 in Einsiedeln. Studied in Zurich, Munich, Cologne and Osnabrück. 1979 MA in Media, Literature and Psychology. Since 1970 works as film publicist in Switzerland and Germany. 1980-84 Works as lecturer in the Script Department and as staff member at DFFB (Deutschen Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin). Lecturer at universities and film schools. Screenwriter and director of fiction and documentary films.
