Summary San Gottardo is first and foremost a film about emigration, the exodus brought about by the construction of the two tunnels - the railway tunnel (1872-1882) and the road tunnel (1969-1976). People migrated from one country to another, from one civilization to another, and different social mores and customs were confronted with one another. The film takes place between the unveiling of two monuments: it begins with the unveiling of the monument dedicated to the tunnel workers in Airolo, and it ends with the unveiling of the Escher monument on the Zurich Bahnhofstrasse. In between the two unveiling, the film depicts the essence of that which lay behind the veiling cloth. View more details
Directed : Villi Hermann
Written : Villi Hermann Eve Martin Tobias Kästli
Stars : Maurice Aufair Roberto Abbati Ugo Albertini Paolo Bocelli
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 25, 1977
Countries of origin : Switzerland
Official sites : Director's official site Swiss Films page
Language : German Italian French
Filming locations : Switzerland
Production companies : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) DRS Filmkollektiv Zürich AG
Summary San Gottardo is first and foremost a film about emigration, the exodus brought about by the construction of the two tunnels - the railway tunnel (1872-1882) and the road tunnel (1969-1976). People migrated from one country to another, from one civilization to another, and different social mores and customs were confronted with one another. The film takes place between the unveiling of two monuments: it begins with the unveiling of the monument dedicated to the tunnel workers in Airolo, and it ends with the unveiling of the Escher monument on the Zurich Bahnhofstrasse. In between the two unveiling, the film depicts the essence of that which lay behind the veiling cloth. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 25, 1977
Countries of origin : Switzerland
Official sites : Director's official site Swiss Films page
Language : German Italian French
Filming locations : Switzerland
Production companies : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) DRS Filmkollektiv Zürich AG
