Het verhaal van de zangeres van 'Lili Marleen' (gebaseerd op de historische figuur van Lale Andersen, een randfiguur in WOII) en het liedje dat bij vriend en vijand populair werd.
Een politieagent neemt ontslag om zich volledig te kunnen richten op het vinden van een kindermoordenaar. Om de moordenaar in de val te lokken begint hij een vriendschap met een alleenstaande moeder en haar dochtertje.
Just after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr Anne Turner is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So she plans to end her life herself. Based on a true story.
This romantic drama follows two policemen whose job is to investigate the lives of foreigners who have applied for Swiss citizenship. Among the applicants they must screen are a French psychiatrist and his wife, and a ballet dancer. The married couple are quickly accepted, but the dancer's life offers some objections. However, since the younger policeman has fallen in love with her, there is a chance that she, too, will win Swiss citizenship.
30 years ago, Switzerland was shaken by a scandal that seems to have already been forgotten: more than 900,000 people were surveilled because of their political convictions. Against the backdrop of this "secret files scandal," Micha Lewinsky sets his film. Conscientious policeman Viktor Schuler is tasked by his superior to infiltrate the Schauspielhaus, a renowned Zurich theatre, in order to keep an eye on its leftist scene. However, Viktor finds himself quite taken with the artist's life and falls in love with the subversive actress Odile Lehmann.
Een Amerikaanse verzekeringsmaatschappij schakelt prive-detective Richard Cutting in om het wrak van een vliegtuig te onderzoeken dat onder duistere omstandigheden neerstortte in Zwitserland. Hij komt op het spoor van een internationale misdadige onderneming.
The life of 20-year-old Nico from upper class Zurich is all party, sex and drugs when she meets Paco, the front man of a rap band. She finds herself drawn to his independent, creative and profound way of life, so different from her own. With naiveté and infinite self-confidence, she tries to adopt his lifestyle - without anticipating the consequences.
De film onderzoekt de verwoesting van een uniek treinstation in Zürich en de bouw van een nieuwe gevangenis en politiecentrum in plaats daarvan. Vanuit het perspectief van het raam van de filmmaker, en met getuigenissen van gevangenen die wachten op deportatie, onderzoekt de film hoe we omgaan met het uitsterven van de geschiedenis en de vervanging ervan door totale veiligheid.
Ruža left Serbia, her country, over 30 years ago and lives in Zurich. Her daily life is a string of repetitive moments until, one day, Ana arrives on the scene and upsets Ruža's painstakingly organized world. A subtle friendship develops between the two strong willed women.
A Swiss bank discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer. The bank's president contacts David Christopher, a former agent with the U.S. Treasury, to help discover who the blackmailer is and to foil his plot. As Christopher delves into the mystery, he uncovers a complicated web of intrigue, car chases, and shoot-outs that takes all of his wits to unravel.
The neo-noir thriller EARLY BIRDS tells the story of the two wildly different women Annika and Caro, who become embroiled in a web of unpredictable events following a night out on the town. As the two flee together from the police, drug dealers and themselves, they're confronted by the collision of two worlds: their personal freedom and unrelenting violence.
Young Romanian Adrian works as a hustler in Zurich's underground in order to get his sister Ioana out of Romania and to Zurich, where they can both have a better future.
Na de dood van zijn ouders weet bouwvakker Sigi niet wat hij met zijn leven moet doen. Hij kan niet veel doen met zijn loon, en als man uit de arbeidersklasse zijn vrouwen niet in hem geïnteresseerd. Maar de zaken beginnen te veranderen nadat een collega hem adviseert om als privébouwer aan de slag te gaan en hij de mooie Hannah ontmoet.
Stand-up comedian Kaya Yanar dissects the allure of Switzerland through the eyes of a German who's lived there.
August 1st in Zurich. An unbearably hot day. While many are celebrating the Swiss national holiday, five individual fates take their course: 1. As a symbol against capitalism in Switzerland, Vinc is planning an attack in the city centre. 2. Tibetan descendent Sonam is struggling to settle into her new job as a police officer – worse still, she makes a major mistake during her first operation. 3. Hunter Edi’s status quo is unbalanced when a financial predicament puts his morals to the test. 4. Young Ukrainian Sonja arrives in Zurich full of hope to surprise the love of her life – but she is in for an even bigger surprise. 5. Chilean Javier no longer feels at home in Switzerland and decides to return – with his daughter, but without her mother’s knowledge – to his motherland.
Sami, Joe and Leyla are ready for a truly epic summer after finishing school and ready to get out and grab their slice of life. But what is to come is diametrically opposed to their expectations. Determined to stand up for themselves, the three friends find out how right Leyla’s mom was when she told them: always keep more dreams in your soul than reality can destroy.
Five stories, all taking place on New Year's Eve in Zurich, Switzerland.
