San Gottardo
6.6
In this docudrama, the real star is a railroad tunnel. First built, at the instigation of a banker and an engineer, in 1872 under appalling conditions, it was widened to accommodate automobiles in 1972. The tunnel links the Rhineland in Germany with Italy and goes through the Swiss mountains. The many lives lost in the building of the first tunnel were considered to be one of the costs for economic progress. In one re-enactment, a strike for better conditions is severely dealt with by the military. Even in 1972, though working conditions were better, most of the men working on the tunnel were poor immigrant workers, with almost no power to negotiate better treatment.
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Cast
32 people
Hans-Dieter Zeindler
Steiger
Maurice Aufair
Zweiter Steiger
Known for
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Renato Berta
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Les avatars de la mort d’Empédocle
Defense of the Time
Villi Hermann
Robert Boner
Also in
Guns
Roberto Abbati
Italian miner
Ingold Wildenauer
Bergman 1
Also in
The Right Way
Ludwig 1881
Hans Stürm
Ugo Albertini
Old ticinese man
Tobias Kästli
Klaus-Henner Russius
Bergmann 4
Also in
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Justice
Toni Stricker
Villi Hermann Director · Eve Martin Screenplay Renato Berta Cinematographer
First release April 27, 1977 · Produced in Switzerland · Languages French, German, Italian
Production
Filmkollektiv Zürich AG und Villi Hermann
Production
Filmkollektiv Zürich AG
Production
Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
French · German · Italian
Release dates
Switzerland · April 27, 1977
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 26, 1977 · Cannes Film Festival
Germany
April 27, 1977 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 1, 1978 · Figueira da Foz Film Festival
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