FR #1437 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Switzerland, Germany | German, Italian
Director
Ladislao Vajda
Writer
Friedrich Durrenmatt, Hans Jacoby, Ladislao Vajda
Cast
Heinz Ruhmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz
Plot
Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.
FR #3152 | TV | Animation, Short | Switzerland, UK | English, Finnish
Writer
Erika Brueggemann, Otmar Gutmann
Cast
Carlo Bonomi, David Sant, Marcello Magni
Plot
Children's stop-motion series set in Antarctica and focusing around penguin families living and working in igloos. The main character, Pingu, belongs to one such family. He goes on various adventures with his little sister and his...
FR #6893 | Movie | Mystery, Sci-Fi | Switzerland | German
Director
Ivan Engler, Ralph Etter
Writer
Arnold Bucher, Ivan Engler, Patrik Steinmann
Cast
Anna Katharina Schwabroh, Martin Rapold, Regula Grauwiller
Plot
Dr. Laura P. takes a job on a cargo spaceship for 4 years plus 4 years back. She'll join her sister on Rhea. 44 months later, in Laura's shift, strange things happen in cargo. The crew is reanimated and the captain dies mysteriously.
FR #11788 | Movie | Musical, Drama | Switzerland, USA | English, German
Director
Fredi M. Murer
Writer
Peter Luisi, Fredi M. Murer, Lukas B. Suter
Cast
Fabrizio Borsani, Bruno Ganz, Teo Gheorghiu
Plot
A twelve-year-old piano prodigy who suffocates from his parent's big dreams for him decides to make his escape--and with the aid of his grandfather--chase his own dreams instead.
FR #12151 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Switzerland, Germany | German, Russian
Director
Gottfried Reinhardt
Writer
Manfred Gregor, Georg Hurdalek, Jan Lustig
Cast
Kirk Douglas, Barbara Rutting, Christine Kaufmann
Plot
Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl, and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Garrett.
FR #14676 | Movie | Comedy | Switzerland | German, Swiss German
Director
Rolf Lyssy
Writer
Rolf Lyssy, Christa Maerker
Cast
Emil Steinberger, Walo Luond, Beatrice Kessler
Plot
Foreigners who apply to become Swiss citizens have no easy task - especially when the police lets Bodmer loose to check upon their background, their integration in the society, and the possible danger they represent to the orderli...
FR #16720 | Movie | Family, Drama | Switzerland | German, Swiss German
Director
Luigi Comencini
Writer
Luigi Comencini, Richard Schweizer, Johanna Spyri
Cast
Heinrich Gretler, Elsbeth Sigmund, Thomas Klameth
Plot
When Heidi, a little girl who leads an idyllic life with her grandfather in the Alps, is cruelly taken from the mountain retreat by a stern aunt, she adapts to life in the village below by bringing humor and goodwill to every situ...
FR #18105 | Movie | Thriller, Action | Switzerland, UK | Japanese, English
Director
Ian Sharp
Writer
George Markstein, Reginald Rose, James Follett
Cast
Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark
Plot
It's suspected that a peace/anti-nuke organization in UK has some extremists willing to use terrorism. The action will probably be against an embassy in London. The SAS/Special Air Service try to get the organization infiltrated.
FR #20432 | Movie | Drama, War | Switzerland, Germany | German, Swiss German
Director
Markus Imhoof
Writer
Edgar Bonjour, Alfred A. Haesler, Markus Imhoof
Cast
Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Martin Walz
Plot
During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees: "Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a French child, and a German s...
FR #20897 | Movie | Drama | Switzerland | French, Italian
Director
Alain Tanner
Writer
Alain Tanner
Cast
Francois Simon, Marie-Claire Dufour, Marcel Robert
Plot
The portrait of an old man who decides to abandon his comfortable bourgeois way of life and live with a Bohemian couple. There he rediscovers his freedom to think and his joie de vivre.
FR #22942 | Movie | War, Drama | Switzerland | English, Italian
Director
Leopold Lindtberg
Writer
Alberto Barberis, Leopold Lindtberg, Elizabeth Montagu
Cast
Ewart G. Morrison, John Hoy, Ray Reagan
Plot
Escaping a Nazi prison train in war-torn Italy, an American and a British soldier set out for the Swiss border and find themselves leading a multi-national party of refugees for the Italian underground.
