Switzerland Movies

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

"Taken from the Swiss side of the St. Bernard Pass, 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, giving a magnificent view of the far-famed Hospice, which...

"A 'Full-day exercise in the Bernina area' by mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. At two o'clock, 130 men broke up in...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Essay on the epic story of an ordinary man, a filmmaker, born in the beginning of the Second World War. From 1942 to 2016, his personal story and the...

Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...

Tuesdays are days of great excitement in the quiet old town of Berne, when the whole population is bent on getting very much for very little.

First chapter of a trilogy of short films about the emotions arising from the five stages of grief. Here, "Denial" and "Anger."

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The film tells of the radical life-search by the Swiss writer Paul Nizon, born 1929 in Bern, Switzerland, who became what “he was meant to...

A young journalist pays a visit backstage to interview an opera diva, but the conversation unexpectedly turns into an intricate, sensual game.

The protests of 1968 had a significant impact on the great cities of the world. But people like to forget that the periphery went through the same...

A great variety of the Swiss snow sports are here shown. Commencing with toboganning round a steep circular descent, and next in increasing numbers...

This gives a panorama of the Village of Isebwald and entrance to Interlaken from the deck of a steamer on Lake Brienz. The famous Geissbach falls...

In spring, the Swiss herdsman collects his cattle and drives the herds up the mountains to higher pasture. Here is shown a quiet valley, with...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Kandersteg, the highest mountain village on the Gemmi route is a delightful spot and the center of fine excursions in the mountain regions of the...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.