''The Mountains Between Us'' () is a 1956 Swiss romantic

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directed by

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and starring

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, Nelly Borgeaud and

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, it was part of the post-war boom in

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which reached its peak around this period. However the film was a commercial failure and received a poor critical reception. It was shot at the Rosenhof Studios in

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and on location around

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and in the Italian capital

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

as Beat Matter * Nelly Borgeaud as Jacqueline Escher *

as Dominik Escher *

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as Posthalter * Fred Tanner as Korporal Rémy * Heinz Woester as Vater Escher * Max Haufler as Federico *

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as Kommandant der Garde * Johannes Steiner as Gardekaplan *

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as Arzt * Willy Frey as Wirt *

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as Wirtin * Peter Markus as Gardist

References

Bibliography

* Kähler, Ursula. ''Franz Schnyder: Regisseur der Nation''. Hier und Jetzt, 2020.

External links

* 1956 films 1956 romantic drama films Swiss romantic drama films Swiss German-language films Films directed by Franz Schnyder Swiss black-and-white films {{Switzerland-film-stub