8 Films & TV Shows Set In Switzerland During The 1910s
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A Dangerous Method
New York ๐ฆ๐น Austria ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 1910s The 1900sWhy deny what you desire the most. โ Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jungโs weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabinaโs spell.
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Chaplin
California England ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 1970s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910s The 1900s The 1890sEveryone has a wild side. Even a legend. โ An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
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Courage Mountain
๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 1910sTheir climb to freedom will become the greatest adventure. โ In this version of "Heidi," a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I.
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The Magic Mountain
๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 1910s The 1900sHans Castorp, fresh from university and about to become a civil engineer, comes to the Sanatorium Berghof in the Swiss Alps to visit his cousin Joachim, an army officer, who is recovering there from tuberculosis. Intending to remain at the Berghof for three weeks, Hans is gradually contaminated by the morbid atmosphere pervading the place. Wishing very much to be considered a patient like the others, he achieves his ends and stays in the sanatorium for ...seven years. During this time, he has enough time to take part in the furious philosophical debates pitting against each other Settembrini, a secular humanist, and Naphta, a totalitarian Jesuit. And to fall in love with the beautiful but enigmatic Clawdia Chauchat. When he is finally discharged in 1914 - along with all the other patients - it is only to plunge into the horrors of World War I.
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The Inventor
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 1910sIn this interesting World War I drama, Bruno Ganz gives a compelling performance as Jakob, an obsessive inventor who lives in a Swiss village. He receives unconditional support from his friend Otti (Walo Luond), but that is about all; the other villagers do not tolerate Jakob's eccentricities very well, and regard him as a crackpot. He perserveres in spite of this obstacle and finally invents a viable carriage that does not run on wheels but on a tread. Unfortunately for Jakob, the military have already come up with the same invention: the tank. The discovery finally breaks him, and he is quickly shuttled off to an asylum.
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Secret Agent
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 1910sAfter three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
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After Tonight
๐ฆ๐น Austria ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland The 1910sTwo lovers you'll never forget.....SHE a spy....knowing him to be her enemy. HE knowing her only as a woman..lovely, desirable...One Night of Ecstacy! โ A Russian spy falls for an Austrian captain in this WW1 romance.