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Der letzte Postillon vom St. Gotthard

  • 1941
  • 1h 46m
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Der letzte Postillon vom St. Gotthard (1941)
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A company of select people joins the horse-driven coach for crossing the center of the Alps over the traditional path high on the mountain valley. It is the time of railways as the means of ... Read allA company of select people joins the horse-driven coach for crossing the center of the Alps over the traditional path high on the mountain valley. It is the time of railways as the means of modernization. A tunnel is going to be built. The new fast way would render useless the sm... Read allA company of select people joins the horse-driven coach for crossing the center of the Alps over the traditional path high on the mountain valley. It is the time of railways as the means of modernization. A tunnel is going to be built. The new fast way would render useless the small transport industry from which local people had made their living. The great mountainou... Read all

  • Director
    • Edmund Heuberger
  • Writers
    • Edmund Heuberger
    • Peter Wyrsch
  • Stars
    • Adolf Manz
    • Alfred Lucca
    • Isabel Mahrer
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Edmund Heuberger
    • Writers
      • Edmund Heuberger
      • Peter Wyrsch
    • Stars
      • Adolf Manz
      • Alfred Lucca
      • Isabel Mahrer
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    Adolf Manz
    • Johannes Zgraggen - Postillon
    Alfred Lucca
    • Toni
    Isabel Mahrer
    • Trini Zgraggen
    Rudolf Bernhard
    • Kaspar Danioth - Kondukteur
    Otto Boßhard
    • Ing. Louis Favre
    Werner Kraut
    • Ing. Ernesto Caminata
    Ellen Widmann
    • Ursula Drösch
    Stephan Bloetzer
    • Röbi Drösch
    • (as Stephan Blötzer)
    Hedy Maria Wettstein
    • Angela Drösch
    • (as Häddy Wettstein)
    Lotte Klein
    • Alte Tante
    • (as Betty Klein)
    Grita Leumann
    • Lotte Schulz
    Ettore Cella
    • Torriani
    Hans Fehrmann
    Hanns Walther
    • Mr. Stefffen
    Kurt Brunner
    • Fritz Schulz
    Friedrich Braun
    Marianne Hediger
    • Wirtstochter
    • (uncredited)
    Geny Spielmann
    • Alois
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edmund Heuberger
    • Writers
      • Edmund Heuberger
      • Peter Wyrsch
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    End of an epoch

    The title means "The last postillion (stage-coachman) of the St.Gotthard-pass". A company of select people joins the horse-driven coach for crossing the center of the Alps over the traditional path high on the mountain valley. It is the time of railways as the means of modernization. A tunnel is going to be built, Louis Favre is the heroic entrepreneur, who dies in it before being finished 1880.

    The new fast way would render useless the small transport industry from which local people had made their living.

    The great mountainous landscape is the background for the conflicts which arise between rich and poor, local traditionalists and foreign modernizers. The daughter of a local, who is opposed against the tunnel, would like to get engaged with a tunnel engineer, but is also coveted by a local favoured by her father ...

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    • Release date
      • April 30, 1948 (Austria)
    • Country of origin
      • Switzerland
    • Language
      • Swiss German
    • Also known as
      • Le postillon du Gothard
    • Filming locations
      • Filmstudio Seebach, Zürich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland
    • Production company
      • Heimat-Film-Produktion
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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