THE MACHINE

Synopsis

The Ghanaian Kweku Adoboli was the “golden boy” of UBS Bank London. But belonging to the West came at a cost he never saw coming.
As long as the young trader was making hundreds of millions in profits for the major Swiss bank, he was celebrated as a model employee and his promotion to the management ranks was planned.
The film re-enacts his London trial using the original court transcripts. A trial that raises more questions than it answers.
Promised everything, deported with nothing. 

Cast, Crew & Facts

• Credits

  Production
  The Bigger Picture GmbH

  In Co-production with
  tvision AG
  Zeitraum Film GmbH

  Director
  Bernard Weber
  Martin Schilt

  Writers
  Bernard Weber
  Ben Hopkins

  Producer
  Martin Schilt

  Co-Producer
  Dominik Hofmann
  Robert Müller

  Director of Photography
  Sergio Cassini
  Ramon Giger

  Editor
  Marina Wernli

  Music Composer & Producer
  Fabian Römer

  Sound Operator
  Marco Teufen

  Animation, VFX
  Patrick Portmann
  Amadeus Waltenspühl

  Production Manager
  Sandra Gisler

  Production Coordinator
  Muriel Bondolfi

  Digital Postproduction
  Andromeda Film AG

  Sound Design & Sound Mix
  Jacques Kieffer

  World Sales
  tbd

  Supported by
  Bundesamt für Kultur (BAK)

  Zürcher Filmstiftung

  Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF / SRG SSR

  Basler Film und Medienkunst

  Innerschweizer Filmfachgruppe IFFG

  Suissimage

  Ernst Göhner Stiftung

  Volkart Stiftung

  SUISA

  focal Stage Pool

• Facts

  Length
  90 min

  Original Version
  German, English

  Shooting Period
  2024/2025

  Locations
  Ghana, UK, Switzerland

  Release
  Spring 2026