Cinema of Switzerland
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Directors
- Jean-Paul Cardinaux
- Richard DemboRichard DemboRichard Dembo was a French director and screenwriter.Dembo achieved worldwide recoginition with his first film: La diagonale du fou. For the direction of this film Dembo received an Oscar in 1984 for best foreign film, as well as other numerous awards...
- Charles-Georges Duvanel
- Kurt Früh
- Jean-Luc GodardJean-Luc GodardJean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....
- Claude GorettaClaude GorettaClaude Goretta is an internationally successful television producer and film director. His 1981 film La provinciale was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- Elena Hazanov
- Thomas Koerfer
- Xavier KollerXavier KollerXavier Koller is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His film Journey of Hope won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990....
- Markus ImhoofMarkus ImhoofMarkus Imhoof is a Swiss screenwriter and film director. He won a Silver Bear at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Boat Is Full , which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
- Leopold LindtbergLeopold LindtbergLeopold Lindtberg was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director...
- Franz SchnyderFranz SchnyderFranz Schnyder was a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1941 and 1968. His film Der 10...
- Casimir Sivan
- Alain Tanner
Actors
- Ursula AndressUrsula AndressUrsula Andress is a Swiss actress and a sex symbol of the 1960s. She is known for her roles as Bond girl Honey Ryder in Dr...
- Anne-Marie BlancAnne-Marie Blanc-Selected filmography:* Gilberte de Courgenay * White Cradle Inn * La blonde de Pékin * Klassäzämekunft -External links:...
- Sibylle BlancSibylle BlancSibylle Blanc is a French-speaking Swiss actress who is actively involved in theatrical, film, television and radio productions in her native Switzerland as well as in nearby France....
- Zarli CarigietZarli CarigietZarli Carigiet was a Swiss actor and comedian. He was a member of the satirical Cabaret Cornichon and starred in movies by directors such as Leopold Lindtberg, Franz Schnyder, and Kurt Früh...
- Eliane ChappuisEliane ChappuisEliane Chappuis, Model, Actress, Singer, Producer was born in 1978 at the Queen of Angels Hospital in Hollywood, to Swiss-French-Vietnamese parents. When six months old, her parents decided to raise her in Bern, Switzerland, where she spent her childhood with her siblings...
- Bruno GanzBruno GanzBruno Ganz is a Swiss actor, known for his roles as Damiel in Wings of Desire and Adolf Hitler in Downfall.- Early life :Bruno Ganz was born in Zürich to a Swiss mechanic father and a northern Italian mother. He had decided to pursue an acting career by the time he entered university...
- Heinrich GretlerHeinrich Gretler-Selected filmography:* Gilberte de Courgenay * Herz der Welt * Es geschah am hellichten Tag * The Ideal Woman * Kohlhiesel's Daughters -External links:...
- Emil Hegetschweiler
- Max HauflerMax HauflerMax Haufler was a Swiss actor and film director. He committed suicide in 1965 after failing to get backing for his film Der Stumme , based on the novel by author Otto F. Walter.-Selected filmography:...
- Marthe KellerMarthe KellerMarthe Keller is a Swiss actress and opera director. She studied ballet as a child, but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16...
- Maximillian Schell