Switzerland Movies

A great variety of the Swiss snow sports are here shown. Commencing with toboganning round a steep circular descent, and next in increasing numbers...

At the end of a quarry, in a godforsaken place called Rotzloch, a new life begins for four young men.

Hoping to become a great singer in Germany, a young dreamer named Ernst Schrämli finds himself drawn into underhand dealings. Determined to...

St. Moritz, Switzerland. On a snowy Christmas Eve in a grand mountain hotel, the lives of five people magically intertwine during a wild night full...

The mountain guide and ski instructor Hans Turri has been hired by the tourist Gregory Milacz to make a route in the mountains. Both are caught by a...

A police brigade and a financial brigade are sent to Switzerland to dismantle a banking sector.

Second chapter of a trilogy of short films about the emotions arising from the five stages of grief. Here, "Bargaining."

Manuela spends an unforgettable night with her friend Vanessa and has a threesome with her. As Vanessas pregnancy brings Manuela back, both uncover a...

Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression.

A record of the ascent of the Jungfrau by Frederick Burlingham accompanied by four mountain guides. The film starts with panoramics of the Eiger...

During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The...

War mobilization in 1939: the clumsy Läppli, a loudmouth and busybody, is imprisoned for anti-military speeches. When he is later promoted to...

A good-natured dinosaur has to stand his ground against a nasty opponent.

In his classroom a philosophy teacher opens the discussion on the place of religion in society. Out of his course he faces the realities of the...

Released in 1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A wonderfully successful film taken in Switzerland and showing experts in the great annual competition. In three parts: 1. Jumping from a stage 2....