Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man from the village is determined by "unlucky" draw to take on the life-threatening repairs.
Симпатичная и соблазнительная горничная по имени Роза Бернд работает в живописном поместье, которым владеет Кристоф Флэмм. Трудолюбивая и жизнерадостная девушка ухаживает за парализованной родственницей мужчины, Генриеттой. А вместе с этим становится объектом ухаживаний бабника Артура, почти женатого на девушке Мари. Горничной неприятен этот мужчина, черствый в душе, хотя симпатичный внешне. У самой Розы трудная судьба, которую она скрывает от окружающих людей. Они порой бессердечны к ней. В порыве отчаяния в трудный момент своей жизни Роза решается на отчаянный шаг.
Uli has been the tenant of the "Glunggen-farm" for two years. His wife Vreneli gave him two children and the couple is happy. But this year, the harvest looks bad and his landlord calls in the rent, as the old man urgently needs money to satisfy the demands of his son and stepson. Desperate to make ends meet, Uli fraudulently sells a cow knowing that she does not produce any milk. He is pursued in court but is acquitted. But then, the buyer curses him... and disaster promptly strikes.
Спасаясь от нацистов и фашистов в раздираемой войной Италии, американец и британец попадают в многонациональную группу беженцев, которые отправляются на границу со Швейцарией.
Matthias is the illegitimate son of a factory worker. He lives as an indentured child labourer at his dictatorial aunt’s remote guesthouse. The only thing he knows in life are hard work and hard punches. After a sudden death, the unhappy boy finds the opportunity to make his way to his mother. In collaboration with SRF, Cinémathèque suisse, Memoriav and Praesens Film, ZFF once again presents a freshly restored version of a Swiss cinema classic. This 1941 literary adaptation is an almost forgotten jewel of Swiss film history that offers an impressive insight into Eastern Switzerland’s embroidery industry. Born in 1930, a later chapter of the main actor Röbi Rapp’s life was portrayed in the multi-award winning docufiction DER KREIS.
Switzerland in the 13th century: Shot in the middle of World War II, this classic film returns to the origins of Switzerland and turns about the problem of the small country against a big power: Resist or obey?
