Switzerland Movies

In 1907 Herman Hesse spent a few days mediating and fasting in a cave near Monte Verità. During these days he collected the visions and insights that went on to be very influential in his thinking and shaped some of the most important works of his literary car...

Two women and a man suffering from severe depression are accompanied by a camera for a year and a half. The acute phase of their depression is the starting point for this filmed account. How do they cope with their illness and their stay in hospital? How does...

A mad scientist named Psöicheldoc has developped a serum that can bring the dead back to life. His evil plan to conquer the world with an army of zombies by his side gets suddenly interrupted when a group of young metalheads decide to make a stand. And so the...

In this musical documentary we are shown a period in the cultural history of Uruguay after the dictatorship ended, told through the story of Tabaré Rivero and his rock group. There are anecdotes from people who took part in that story and archive material, and...

Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European to pass through the "forbidden" kingdom. He doesn't discover any mineral resources there. Yet he does uncover the mysteries of life and penetrates towards a mo...

Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 20, 1990, Miles Davis performs at the Casino de Montreux with Kenny Garrett, Kei Akagi, Joe “Foley” McCreary, Richard Patterson, Ricky Wellman and Erin Davis.

In the hole after a breakup: The forays through the city become communicative challenges for a woman.

Jethro Tull is one of the most successful British acts of all time with a career reaching from the late sixties to the present day. In 2003 they made their first (and so far only) visit to the Montreux Festival. As ever Ian Anderson leads from the front with h...

The story of Yugoslav football team who participated at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

One night, Pierre decides to go out of his house to follow a strange white light. His family does not agree with that.

The story of a neurotic bachelor who, after marrying a beautiful woman, submits her to increasingly deranged accusations of infidelity and pleas for forgiveness.

Behind the scenes of a large construction site in western Switzerland, we dive into the world of construction where most of the workers are foreigners.

After an attack on a farmer's livestock, an obsessive wildlife officer is sent out to hunt down and kill the problematic wolf.

Even when Ivan Capelli was a teenager and still racing go-karts, his father followed him around with a camera. Thanks to a tinkering engineer, a Japanese investor and his talent, he made it to the Formula 1.

Roger Closset is a man who obviously loves his family, though that doesn't always make them feel better. Dad is an obsessive type with a short fuse and a long list of curious ideas, and his wife and children must often bear the brunt of his eccentricities. Rog...

Dead by Monday is a darkly comic tale of love and death... but not necessarily in that order. Julie is a sweet, vulnerable young woman who lacks confidence and is obsessed with the memory of her dead husband whom she idealizes. Alex is an angry writer. Talente...

A tribute to the work of the Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner

Ever since he was a kid, Johnny Castle had a dream: to become a movie star. Driven by his obsession, Johnny moved to Los Angeles, and the corner of Hollywood and Vine Boulevards became his natural stage on which to promote himself. Johnny is absolutely convinc...