Switzerland Movies

Vers les Cimes is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in the Bernese Alps. It was directed by Charles-Georges Duvanel in 1940 and produced...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on September 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"A rock climbing traverse in the Gastlosen Massif. Arrival of the train to Saanenmöser, three men walk to reach the wall. Crossing the rock face...

Released in 1901

Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.

1901. Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Four athletes learning the ropes on the world stage of freeride skiing. Navigating the line between a documentary style and traditional ski film, we...

Showing eight views of the most difficult portions of the railway, including the steepest gradients, practically, hanging on to the sides of the...

A pretty feature of life at the Handeck Inn on the renowned Grimsel route.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A story of diaspora. The film criticises the myth of Swiss neutrality, which violently masks structural, systemic, and social passivity.

1906, produced by Charles Urban, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The train leaving the Schiedegg station and entering the Eiger tunnel en route for the station Eigerwand.

A winter ascent of Piz Bernina by Swiss mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. The film also shows images of avalanche research,...

Departure of the steamer from Interlaken, and giving throughout its entire length, a film picture of exceptional beauty. The stereoscopic effect is...

An introspective story about Michelle Voss, a climber who pursues a dream imagined during a psychiatric hospitalisation—one that proves far...

A quiet village scene of pleasing restfulness, permitting us to see how the Swiss villagers maintain their reputation as regular Churchgoers. The old...

A mountaineering tour on a glacier in the Alps. The film follows a group of mountaineers as they leave the hostel. Then they climb up fixed ladders...

Released in 1901