Directed by:
Villi HermannScreenplay:
Villi HermannCast:
Gerhard Dorfer, Norbert Schwientek, Siegfried Meisner, Jürgen Cziesla, Ingold Wildenauer, Klaus Knuth, Ulrich KuhlmannPlots(1)
Via parallel accounts of the major drilling work on the Saint-Gothard Massif – the drilling of the rail tunnel (1872-1882) and that of the road tunnel (1969-1976)– the film charts a chunk of 19th century Swiss history. Through events such as the Gothard workmen's strike in 1875 and the issue of Italian emigration, and personalities such as Alfred Escher – the Zurich banker who founded the Swiss Credit Institution and the President of the Gothard Company – and Louis Favre, a Geneva businessman and entrepreneur for the tunnel, the film portrays a country grappling with these early rumblings of the 20th century. (Locarno Festival)
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Gerhard Dorfer
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