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Grounding - The Last Days of Swissair (Grounding - Die letzten Tage der Swissair)A Deeper Look Film Series

Monday, 6 February 2012, 6:30 pm
Goethe-Institut Washington, GoetheForum 812 Seventh Street, NW

In German with English subtitles
Tickets: $7/$4

Switzerland, 2006, DVD, 120 mins., German with English subtitles
Director/Screenplay: Michael Steiner Cast: Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart, László I. Kish, Michael Neuenschwander, Gilles Tschudi

The demise of airline Swissair in 2001 was a huge blow to Switzerland’s economy and to the country’s morale. It was a sad day for Swiss history when the airline’s fleet was grounded on October 2, 2001. Set during the last days of the doomed airline, Grounding tells the story of manager Mario A. Corti’s unhappy fate as the last, unlucky CEO at the traditional airline company, as well as of the fate of all those nameless people who lost almost everything in the maelstrom of Swissair’s downfall: their jobs, their homes and their belief in Switzerland.

Swiss director Michael Steiner’s film Sennentuntschi is part of the Film|Neu festival.