A naive girl's love for Switzerland is put to the test in this satiric comedy. Irina is a woman from Russia who all her life has always been fascinated by Switzerland and longs to live there some day, though her notion of Swiss life has more to do with Heidi and old movies set in the Alps than reality.
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Cast
13 people
Elena Panova
Irina
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The Spacewalker
Shadowboxing
Geraldine Chaplin
Charlotte De
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The Odyssey
Chaplin
Martin Benrath
Alt-Divisionär Sturzenegger
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Stalingrad
From the Life of the Marionettes
Ulrich Noethen
Dr. Alfred Waldvogel
Known for
Downfall
Furia
Hans Peter Korff
Nationalrat Tschanz
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Pappa ante Portas
Sanctuary
Ivan Desny
Rudolf Stauffacher
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World on a Wire
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Hans-Peter Korff
Nationalrat Tschanz
Stefan Kurt
Claude Bürki
Known for
Furia
My Führer
Peter Simonischek
Fritz Ochsenbein
Known for
Toni Erdmann
Emerald Green
Iván Darvas
Direktor Vetterli
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Love
Lily Boy
Marina Confalone
Benedetta Hösli
Known for
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations
Amiche da morire
Joachim Tomaschewsky
Alt Bundesrat von Gunten
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Archives of Death
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Daniel Schmid Director · Martin Suter Writer Renato Berta Cinematographer
First release May 21, 1999 · Produced in Austria, Germany, Switzerland · Production Prisma Film, Cinema Projects GmbH
Production
T&C Film
Production
Prisma Film
Production
Cinema Projects GmbH
Production
Pandora Film
Production
Pandora Filmproduktion
Production
T&C Film AG
Production
Austria · Germany · Switzerland
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Original title
Beresina oder die letzten Tage der Schweiz
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
France · May 21, 1999
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Switzerland · August 20, 1999
Theatrical · German
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
April 8, 2000 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Austria
January 28, 2000 · Theatrical
Finland
April 22, 2001 · Premiere · Sveitsin kulttuuripäivät Festival
France
December 15, 1999 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 2000 · Premiere · Max Ophüls Festival
August 3, 2000 · Theatrical
Indonesia
November 5, 2000 · Premiere · Jakarta International Film Festival
South Korea
October 1, 1999 · Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival
Switzerland
August 7, 1999 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
August 25, 1999 · Theatrical · French
November 24, 2022 · Digital · filmo.ch (digitally restored)
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