San Gottardo (1977)
San Gottardo
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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Hans-Dieter Zeindler
as Steiger
as Steiger
Maurice Aufair
as Zweiter Steiger
as Zweiter Steiger
Ingold Wildenauer
as Bergman 1
as Bergman 1
Klaus-Henner Russius
as Bergmann 4
as Bergmann 4
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Panzini Zirkus
Music
Music
Eve Martin
Screenplay
Screenplay
Luc Yersin
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Elisabeth Wälchli
Editor
Editor
Rainer M. Trinkler
Editor
Editor
Villi Hermann
Screenplay
Screenplay
Villi Hermann
Director
Director
Renato Berta
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Hans Stürm
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
