Den unge Lockhart får til opgave at bringe sit firmas direktør hjem fra et fjerntliggende, gådefuldt kursted i de schweiziske alper. Da han begynder at efterforske kurstedets hemmeligheder, får han mistanke om, at stedets såkaldte mirakelkur tværtimod gør gæsterne sygere. Snart bliver Lockhart selv diagnosticeret med den sære sygdom, som gæsterne lider af, og langsomt begynder han at miste sit greb om virkeligheden.
Den unge Tim Walker har fået en unik mulighed: En plads på den prestigefyldte skole, The Mozart Academy of Music. I den forbindelse har hans far bedt ham sørge for en vigtig ting: Tim skal returnere det sjældne Magic Flute manuskript, som faderen stjal fra skolens bibliotek i tidernes morgen, da han selv var elev. Da Tim forsøger at bringe manuskriptet tilbage, kommer han til at åbne en mystisk portal, og pludselig er han selv inde i den eventyrlige Magic Flute verden!
Heidi er en forældreløs lille pige, der sendes til Alperne for at bo hos sin bedstefar. Det storslåede bjerglandskab er en kæmpe omvæltning for den lille pige, der har svært ved at finde sig til rette i de nye omgivelser. Det hjælper dog gevaldigt på det, da hun bliver gode venner med hyrdedrengen Peter og hans dyr.
Hemlock er en pensioneret lejemorder, der er faldet til ro og blevet kunstsamler. Pludselig bliver han nødt til at gå i aktion igen for at finde en farlig dobbeltagent, som har myrdet en nær ven. Jagten fører Hemlock ud på en forrygende tur op i de schweiziske alper med et hold bjergbestigere - hvoraf en er morderen, som endnu ikke er blevet afsløret.
I et dystopisk Schweiz, der er faldet ind under en ond ostetyranns fascistiske styre, lever Heidi det rene og enkle liv i de schweiziske alper. Bedstefar Alpöhi gør sit bedste for at beskytte Heidi, men hendes længsel efter frihed får hende hurtigt i problemer med diktatorens håndlangere. Den uskyldige pige forvandler sig selv til en kickass kvindelig kampstyrke, der sætter sig for at befri landet fra de sindssyge ostefascister.
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on the alm. He at first resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl manages to penetrate his harsh exterior and subsequently has a delightful stay with him and her best friend, young Peter the goat-herd.
I anden omgang af Helmers hurraferier går turen til de østrigske alper, hvor han med nød og næppe kommer ud på løjperne sammen med sin svenske ven Ole fra den første film. Minder grundlæggende meget om den første film, men den skæve humor og de pusseløjerlige indslag er altså svært at stå for. Svenskerne kan godt være sjove.
Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping for better business in Switzerland, with Stan's theory that because there is more cheese in Switzerland, there should be more mice.
Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a microfilm in the collar of one of the animals. But when the train is derailed in the Swiss Alps and the panthers escape, she is forced to involve him in her mission, which now includes enemy agents hunting the microfilm, the animals, Catherine and Roger. Corrected from an original submission by Guy Bellinger.
Nick and Anna are off to Switzerland for six months. Nick, a chef, wants to collect recipes of local cuisine and Anna hopes to write a new book. The journey can also be good for their relationship, because Anna suspects that Nick had an affair with other woman. Meanwhile, Mischa will take care of their Viennese apartment.
A 1930s Scottish doctor (Sean Connery) goes climbing in the Alps with an infatuated niece (Betsy Brantley) he passes off as his wife.
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try and put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort his problems are just beginning. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
An account of the life and work of the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), the barely known artistic mother of Heidi, her brave alpine heroine, who was first introduced to the world between 1880 and 1881, in a novel published in two parts, and became definitely immortal thanks to an anime series, released in 1974, directed by the Japanese genius Isao Takahata.
Heidi (1974) Japanese anime series by Zuiyo Eizo (now Nippon Animation) based on the Swiss novel Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning by Johanna Spyri (1880). It was directed by Isao Takahata A feature-length film Heidi in the Mountains, aka The Story of Heidi, was edited from the series by Zuiyo (which by then was a separate entity from Nippon Animation, which employed many of the TV series' animation staff) distributed in 1979. All cast were replaced excluding Heidi and the grandfather. This movie is also the only incarnation of the Heidi anime to have been released commercially in the United States in English (on home video in the 1980s). Isao Takahata remarked "Neither Hayao Miyazaki nor I are completely related to any shortening version" on this work.
When some small satirical group enters a theatre they don't realize they are getting locked up after dark.
Silbergeier is a long pitch route (8b+ max) built by Pietro del Pra in 1993 and organized by Beat Kammerlander. In this film, Nina Caprez achieves the first female ascent with her then partner Cédric Lachat. A beautiful production by Vladimir Cellier, carried by essential music.
Parvaneh is a young Afghan immigrant who recently arrived at a transit centre for asylum seekers in the Swiss Alps. The only things she has got to know yet are the rural area surrounding the centre and the centre itself.
