Switzerland Movies

Is the solution to Switzerland's future to integrate Germany into the confederation? After all, like Michael Ringier, CEO of the Ringier media group,...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Conflict of beliefs in a mountain village, mysticism meets bardism, Grisons folklore clashes with imported dogmas. "To get to Schamsertal in the...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

This is a portrait of a man and of a country, as he travels through it. He is a travelling salesman, and travels through Switzerland selling...

Sally Meyer, a young Berliner, persuades his Doctor to convince his wife that he is ill, so that he is able to take a holiday in the Austrian Alps.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Without knowing it, Alfred and Julia live in a land of pure invention. It is the richest and most beautiful land in the world. From a height, this...

Released in 1901

Turkish woman Aische Aydin is found beaten to death in her apartment in Basel. Her husband Ali is suspected, but remains silent and attempts suicide....

Five stories, all taking place on New Year's Eve in Zurich, Switzerland.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The film follows two mountain enthusiasts, battling through a glacier area in the Swiss mountains. The mountaineers are two very prominent skiers at...

In The Call of the Mountain (L’appel de la montagne) a couple are childhood sweethearts who are separated, she marries a rich man and he...

This film gives a fine panoramic view of this wonderful railway track through immense gorges and cuttings and snow baulks of from 15 to 20 feet high...

The capital of Switzerland is an interesting town, and the national life is perhaps best seen in its streets.

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.