8 Films & TV Shows Set In Switzerland During The 1970s
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Harald Naegeli - Der Sprayer von Zürich
🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1970sThe Swiss artist Harald Naegeli became known around the world as the “Sprayer of Zurich” in the late 1970s. With his graffiti he criticized the monotonous, inhospitable cityscape of Zurich, but also the politics and the handling of the environment. In her sensitive portrait, director Nathalie David shows Harald Naegeli's multifaceted personality - as a visionary, argumentative artist, rebel, philosopher and astute, humorous person.
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Adolf Muschg – The Other
🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sIn his exploration of the cultural dynamic between East and West, Adolf Muschg, the most significant Swiss writer since Frisch and Dürrenmatt, searched for the other in himself in order to understand otherness.
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The Price of Fame
🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1970sA criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a ransom.
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Longwave
🇵🇹 Portugal 🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1970sIt is April 1974 and Julie Dujonc-Renens, young feminist journalist and the cunning Joseph-Marie Cauvin, leading reporter for the Swiss radio, have been sent to Portugal to investigate Switzerland’s aid to poor countries. Sparks fly during the bus trip with Bob, sound engineer approaching retirement. The projects financed by Switzerland prove to be calamitous and the workers’ revolution that suddenly breaks out doesn’t help, obliging our heroes to disregard first the radio’s management, and then their own codes of conduct.
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Liz & Dick
🇮🇹 Italy 🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1970s The 1980s The 1960sGlamorous, infamous, scandalous — On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was subsequently captured in a series of films, including The V.I.P.s and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The last of the great, extravagant stars, flaunting diamonds, yachts and private planes, they continually seized the headlines. They even divorced and married again - only to divorce again - but remain in each other's hearts. This Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton story is a no-holds barred account of their undying, but impossible love.
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Sennentuntschi
🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1970s1975, Swiss Alps: In a remote mountain village, a beautiful and mysterious woman shows up. Only the village policeman takes care of the strange woman and tries to find out who she is. There are hints that she came from the Höhenalp Alp, where herdsmen do unthinkable things to get the company of women. Many dark truths are revealed that should better have remained hidden. A tragedy of lust, insanity and murder is brought to a seemlingly pure and perfect world. It is the beginning of a nightmare of religious insanity, hypocrisy, abuse and belief in demons, who destroys a young family and brings a whole village to destruction.
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Chaplin
California England 🇨🇭 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. — 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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End of the Game
🇨🇭 Switzerland The 1970s The 1940s"I could murder her in front of your eyes and you couldn't prove it," said the master criminal to the master detective. And so the game began... — Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann. Though Baerlach's partner meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tschanz, is undaunted. Meanwhile, the lovely Anna Crawley becomes involved in the case, which proceeds to take many twists and turns.