The Happy pace of Switzerland

A story without words set to Rossini’s “String Sonata in C Major” performed by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra led by Edmond de Stoutz, involves a modern day fantasy about a truck driver’s encounter with an elegant, riderless, horse drawn coach. The parallel paths of truck and coach on the opposite shores of a lovely Swiss lake merge in a climax when the driver abandons his truck and joyfully takes up the reins behind the trotting white horse.

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Credits

director

Nicolas Gessner

production company

Condor Films

Swiss National Tourist Office

Duration

00:10:12:00

Production places

Switzerland

Production dates

1960

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

321158

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Switzerland - Description and travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tourism

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel

Fantasy & Science Fiction

Fantasy & Science Fiction → Fantasy

Magic, Occult & Supernatural → Fantasy

Short films

Short films → Short films - Switzerland

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Switzerland, 1960

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