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Films based on Swiss novels
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The list Films based on Swiss novels includes
Swiss Family Robinson, Day of the Falcon, Voyager, Die weiße Massai and The Pledge.
The list consists of 48 members
and 3 sublists.
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Swiss Family Robinson
1960 US adventure film by Ken Annakin
Overview: Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American adventure film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an ...
Genre: Adventure, FamilyDirector: Ken AnnakinProducer: Bill Anderson, Walt DisneyWriter: Lowell S. Hawley, Johann David WyssA Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
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Day of the Falcon
2011 historical war film
Overview: Black Gold (also known as Day of the Falcon and Or noir) is a 2011 epic historical war film, based on Hans Ruesch's 1957 novel South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia (also known as The Great Thirst ...
Release date: 1 May 2011Genre: Drama, AdventureDirector: Jean-Jacques AnnaudProducer: Tarak Ben Ammar, Naoufel Ben YoussefWriter: Menno Meyjes, Jean-Jacques AnnaudSet in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and ... 0
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Voyager
1991 film
Overview: Voyager (German: Homo Faber) is a 1991 English-language drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, and Barbara Sukowa. Adapted by screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer from ...Release date: 21 March 1991Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Volker SchlöndorffCast: Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, Barbara Sukowa, Dieter Kirchlechner, Traci Lind, Deborra-Lee FurnessProducer: Max Frisch, Rudy WurlitzerWalter Faber has survived a crash with an airplane. His next trip is by ship. On board this ship he... 0
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The White Massai
2005 German film
Overview: The White Masai (German: Die weiße Massai) is a 2005 film directed by Hermine Huntgeburth and starring Nina Hoss and Jacky Ido. The screenplay concerns Carola, a woman who falls in love in Kenya with Maasai ...
Release date: 14 September 2005Genre: Romance, DramaDirector: Hermine HuntgeburthProducer: François Ivernel, Brendan McCarthyWriter: Corinne Hofmann, Johannes W. BetzA girl, Carola, whose vacation in Kenya takes an interesting turn when she becomes infatuated with a Masai... 0
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The Pledge
2001 film by Sean Penn
Overview: The Pledge is a 2001 American neo-noir psychological mystery drama film directed by Sean Penn and starring Jack Nicholson alongside an ensemble supporting cast of Patricia Clarkson, Aaron Eckhart, Helen ...
Release date: 9 January 2001Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: Sean PennCast: Patricia Clarkson, Beau Daniels, Benicio Del Toro, Dale Dickey, Wendy Morrow Donaldson, Adrien DorvalProducer: Don Carmody, Brian CookWriter: Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Jerzy KromolowskiA retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child. 0
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Swiss Family Robinson
1940 film by Edward Ludwig
Overview: Swiss Family Robinson is a 1940 American film released by RKO Radio Pictures and directed by Edward Ludwig. It is based on the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss and is the first ...
Release date: 8 February 1940Genre: Adventure, DramaDirector: Edward LudwigProducer: C. Graham Baker, Donald J. EhlersWriter: C. Graham Baker, Walter FerrisA family of Swiss origin living in London during the onslaught against Europe by Napolean seeks to leave and emigrate to Australia to nurture their values ... 0
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Siddhartha
1972 film based on the novel of the same name by Hermann Hesse
Overview: Siddhartha is a 1972 Indo-American drama mystery film based on the 1922 novel of the same name by Hermann Hesse, directed by Conrad Rooks. It was shot on location in Northern India, and features work by ...Release date: 1 August 1972Genre: Drama, MysteryDirector: Conrad RooksProducer: David McKibben, Conrad RooksWriter: Conrad Rooks, Natasha UllmanThe story of a young Indian who embarks upon a journey to find the meaning of existence. Based on the novel by Hermann Hesse. 0
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Diva
1981 French thriller film by Jean-Jacques Beineix
Overview: Diva is a 1981 French thriller film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from the novel Diva by Daniel Odier. It eschewed the realist mood of the 1970s French cinema and instead adopted a colourful ...Release date: 11 March 1981Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance, Mystery, Music, ActionDirector: Jean-Jacques BeineixCast: Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Richard Bohringer, Thuy An Luu, Jacques Fabbri, Chantal DeruazProducer: Claudie Ossard, Irène SilbermanWriter: Daniel Odier, Jean-Jacques BeineixTwo tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed. All these characters ... 0
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Old
2021 film by M. Night Shyamalan
Overview: Old is a 2021 American horror mystery film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It is based on the French-language Swiss graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy [fr] and ...
Release date: 23 July 2021Director: M. Night ShyamalanProducer: Marc Bienstock, Catherine WolfWriter: M. Night Shyamalan, Pierre LevyA vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire ... 0
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Night Train to Lisbon
2013 film
Overview: Night Train to Lisbon is a 2013 internationally co-produced English-language drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons. Based on the 2004 novel Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier ...Genre: Romance, Thriller, MysteryDirector: Bille AugustProducer: Daniel Baur, Ana CostaWriter: Pascal Mercier, Greg LatterRaimund Gregorius, a Swiss Professor, abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to ... 0
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Uli, der Knecht
1954 Swiss film
Overview: Uli the Farmhand (German: Uli, der Knecht) is a 1954 Swiss romantic comedy film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Hannes Schmidhauser, Liselotte Pulver and Heinrich Gretler. It is based on the classic ...Release date: 25 December 1954Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Franz SchnyderCast: Hannes Schmidhauser, Liselotte Pulver, Heinrich Gretler, Gertrud Jauch, Emil Hegetschweiler, Hedda KoppéProducer: Oscar DübyWriter: Richard Schweizer, Werner Düggelin 0
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Oasis
French / German adventure film by Yves Allégret
Overview: Oasis (German: Oase) is a 1955 French-West German adventure film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Michèle Morgan, Cornell Borchers, Carl Raddatz and Pierre Brasseur. It was based on the 1933 novel ...Release date: 18 March 1955Genre: AdventureDirector: Yves AllégretCast: Michèle Morgan, Cornell Borchers, Carl Raddatz, Grégoire Aslan, Pierre Brasseur, Gilles GallonProducer: Ben Barzman, Georges Kessel 0
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Steppenwolf
1974 film
Overview: Steppenwolf is a 1974 film adaptation of Hermann Hesse's 1927 novel Steppenwolf, directed by Fred Haines. The film made heavy use of visual special effects that were cutting-edge at the time of its release ...Release date: 18 December 1974Genre: DramaDirector: Fred HainesProducer: Fred Haines, Hermann HesseIn the bourgeois circles of Europe after the Great War, can anything save the modern man? Harry Haller... 0
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Mein Name ist Eugen
2005 Swiss film
Overview: Rascals on the Road (German: Mein Name ist Eugen) is a 2005 Swiss adventure film directed by Michael Steiner. With 580,000 admissions in Switzerland it is the third most successful Swiss film of all time ...Release date: 15 September 2005Genre: Comedy, Family, AdventureDirector: Michael SteinerProducer: Christoph Frey, Michael SauterFour kids - Eugen, Wrigley, B?hteli and Eduard - leave for an adventure around Switzerland, searching for the fabulous treasure of Titicaca Lake, discovered ... 0
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Eternal Love
1929 film by Ernst Lubitsch
Overview: Eternal Love is a 1929 American sound romantic drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring John Barrymore and Camilla Horn. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized ...
Release date: 11 May 1929Genre: Romance, DramaDirector: Ernst LubitschProducer: John W. Considine Jr., Joseph M. SchenckWriter: Jakob Christoph Heer, Hanns KrälyIn the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another. 0
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End of the Game
1975 film by Maximilian Schell
Overview: End of the Game (German: Der Richter und sein Henker) is a 1975 DeLuxe Color German mystery thriller film directed by Maximilian Schell, and starring Jon Voight, Jacqueline Bisset, Martin Ritt and Robert ...Release date: 1 September 1975Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery, CrimeDirector: Maximilian SchellProducer: Maximilian Schell, Arlene SellersWriter: Maximilian Schell, Roberto De LeonardisWhile investigating a high-profile murder case, a savvy but unorthodox veteran police inspector has to cope with a bad conscience... 0
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Return to Montauk
2017 film
Overview: Return to Montauk (Rückkehr nach Montauk) is a 2017 German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin ...Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Volker SchlöndorffProducer: Conor Barry, Francis BoespflugWriter: Colm Toibin, Volker SchlöndorffThe author Max Zorn, now in his early 60s, is on a promotional book tour in New York when he meets up again with the woman he could never forget. They ... 0
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Lila, Lila
2009 German film
Overview: Lila, Lila is a 2009 German film starring Daniel Brühl and Hannah Herzsprung. It is based on the novel Lila, Lila by Martin Suter.Release date: 1 October 2009Genre: ComedyDirector: Alain GsponerCast: Daniel Brühl, Hannah Herzsprung, Henry Hübchen, Kirsten Block, Peter Schneider, Henriette MüllerProducer: Alex Buresch, Martin SuterDavid, a waiter, finds an unpublished manuscript in a dresser drawer. To impress a girl, he claims to be the author. When the novel becomes a best-seller ... 0
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Via Mala
1945 German film
Overview: Via Mala is a 1945 German drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Karin Hardt, Carl Wery and Viktor Staal. It is an adaptation of the 1934 novel Via Mala by John Knittel. It was released in ... 0
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Rosen-Resli
1954 film
Overview: Rose-Girl Resli (German: Rosen-Resli) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Christine Kaufmann, Josefin Kipper and Paul Klinger. The film made the child actress Kaufmann ...Release date: 4 May 1954Genre: DramaDirector: Harald ReinlProducer: Paul Hans Fritsch, Maria von der Osten-SackenWriter: Harald Reinl, Johanna Spyri 0
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