Completed - SWISS-GERMAN, ITALIAN - Documentary - 104 minutes
A communist guerrilla commander, a Swiss railway worker, a catholic priest and the Swiss secret service successfully prevented the destruction of the tunnel.
Year of production : 1989 Director(s) : Werner SCHWEIZER Cast : Werner HALTINNER, Rita RODONI, Michel HÜTTNER, Thomas WALTER, Guido VON SALIS Producer(s) : Werner SCHWEIZER (Dschoint Ventschr)
Shortly before the end of the Second World War, the Nazis wanted to demolish the at that time longest tunnel in the world, the Simplon Tunnel. A communist partisan commander, a Swiss railway employee, a Catholic priest and the Swiss secret service successfully prevented the destruction.
Country(ies) : SWITZERLAND