''Kleine Scheidegg'' is a 1937 Swiss

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directed by

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and starring

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, Leopold Biberti and Emil Hegetschweiler. It is set around the

Kleine Scheidegg Pass The Kleine Scheidegg ( en, Little Scheidegg) is a mountain pass at an elevation of , situated below and between the Eiger and Lauberhorn The Lauberhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, located between Wengen and Grindelwald, no ...

in Switzerland. It is part of the genre of

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, popular in the 1930s.

Cast

- Ulla Matthei * Leopold Biberti - Dr. Matthei * Emil Hegetschweiler - Concierge *

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- Das Hotelfaktotum *

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- Der Bergführer *

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- Tourist

Bibliography

* Clarke, David B. & Doel, Marcus A. ''Moving Pictures/Stopping Places: Hotels and Motels on Film''. Lexington Books, 2009. * Wider, Werner & Aeppli, Felix. ''Der Schweizer Film 1929-1964''. Limmat, 1981.

External links

* 1937 films Swiss drama films Swiss German-language films Films set in Switzerland Films set in the Alps Mountaineering films 1937 drama films Swiss black-and-white films {{Switzerland-film-stub