Swiss

Centers around four older ladies from the Emmental region. When four older women decide to turn the local corner shop into a chic lingerie store, the whole community is thrown into disarray.

A twelve-year-old piano prodigy who suffocates from his parent's big dreams for him decides to make his escape--and with the aid of his grandfather--chase his own dreams instead.

About the daughter of the couple who ran the Hôtel de la Gare de Courgenay, in the Canton of Jura. In 1915, the composer Hanns In der Gand was staying in the region and in 1917 he composed La Petite Gilberte, immortalizing the young girl's empathy with the soldiers.

Foreigners who apply to become Swiss citizens have no easy task - especially when the police lets Bodmer loose to check upon their background, their integration in the society, and the possible danger they represent to the orderliness and cleanliness of the country. Bodmer gets a new assistant to help him corner unsuitable applicants. Very soon, a couple of conformist German physicians, a pretty Eastern European dancer, and the inevitable (and politically troublesome) Italian immigrant and his family start shooting themselves in the foot in their attempts to get the red passport with a white cross.

"Grounding" tells the story of Swissair's downfall in 2001, highlighting the impact on Switzerland's economy and morale. It follows the story of manager Mario A. Corti and the people who lost their jobs, homes, and faith in Switzerland.

Isolated in the Swiss Alps, a young woman who would have liked to become a teacher teaches her deaf brother arithmetic and writing. An incestuous relationship develops between them.

Four kids - Eugen, Wrigley, Bäschteli and Eduard - leave for an adventure around Switzerland, searching for the fabulous treasure of Titicaca Lake, discovered by Fritzli Bühler.

Uli, who works on the Boden farm, is a bawdy, careless, spendthrift. Lectured by his master, he becomes aware that if he is to escape his abject condition, he must reform. Accordingly, he leaves farm girl Anneliesi, turns his back on his drinking companions, and starts working hard. His reputation improves so much so that Joggeli, an old farmer, hires him to restore order in the Giungge farm where chaos is rife. Using strong-arms tactics, Uli attains his ends and soon becomes indispensable. Attracted to the sweet Vreneli, Uli is unfortunately lured by Elisi, the master's scheming daughter.

Uli, the tenant on the 'Glunggenhof', leads a happy life with his wife and child. Weather luck and honest work bring him rich harvests, and so he becomes overconfident and, advised by false friends, gets entangled in unclean business.

While on a longer business trip, a wannabe poet urges his beautiful but more simple wife to answer his overly swollen love letters. With no idea how to respond she forwards the letters to a new young school teacher to use his answers instead...

They live behind the rails of the classification yard in a small and shabby hut. They take the days as they come, refuse to work on principle and pinch together their livelihood. The three tramps Dürst, Barbarossa and Clown are content with what they have and ignore the outside world, and so far they have fared well. Until now...

Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern's legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left him disfigured and gave his voice a peculiar nasal tone, he devoted his entire life trying to get people to laugh with him instead of at him. Ultimately, his despairing at ever becoming accepted as a fellow man coupled with unrequited love made his life tragic, culminating in his suicide at age 54. His jokes are still well known today.

Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.

During World War II, Switzerland severely restricted refugees: "Our boat is full."

A few leagues from Seldwyla, in the Zurich countryside, two children, Sali Mantz and Vreneli Marti, form an inseparable pair of playmates. Unfortunately, their farming parents, who have always been friends, are at odds with each other over the purchase of an adjoining field.Sali and Vreneli don't see each other again until much later and fall in love, but their parents still hate each other fiercely. Despite everything, the young couple will try to live their forbidden love.

An intimate documentary about the life and work of swiss poet and liedermacher Mani Matter (1936-1972).

When Heidi, a little girl who leads an idyllic life with her grandfather in the Alps, is cruelly taken from the mountain retreat by a stern aunt, she adapts to life in the village below by bringing humor and goodwill to every situation.

In the village of Gerzenstein, the pre-trial detainee Erwin Schlumpf wants to commit suicide. He is accused of having murdered the merchant Wendolin Witschi. Sergeant Jakob Studer from the Cantonal police can save Schlumpf at the last moment. For the investigating magistrate, Dr. Steffen, the suicide attempt is like a confession. Studer, on the other hand, has serious doubts about Schlumpf's guilt.

Tschugger, a dialect word for "policeman" in the Swiss canton of Wallis, tells the story of a local police precinct in the canton of Wallis. But instead of investigating missing sheep, an attempted murder keeps them on their toes.

Fearless alpine climbers Ueli Steck and Dani Arnold enter into a death-defying rivalry to set speed records on the Swiss Alps' great north faces.

Maier is working as the CFO of a Swiss car parts maker. When a new CEO takes over, Maier accepts him, but soon gets suspicious of him. A bitter struggle breaks out between the two men, leading to a failed IPO with Maier as the fall guy.

The courageous young midwife Christine makes a pact with the devil to save her village from the brutal terror of the Teutonic Knights. Punished by a spider plague, Christine goes from savior to hunted.

Spring 1995 - after the closure of the Needle Park in Zurich, 11-Year- Old Mia and her heroin addicted mother Sandrine are relocated to the countryside.