Grounding: The Last Days of Swissair (2006)
"Grounding - Die letzten Tage der Swissair" (original title)

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 2 ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Steiner

Writers:

Jürg Brändli, Tobias Fueter,

Stars:

Hanspeter Müller, Gilles Tschudi, László I. Kish

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hanspeter Müller	...	Mario Corti (as Hanspeter Müller Drossaart)
Gilles Tschudi	...	Marcel Ospel
László I. Kish	...	Moritz Suter
Rainer Guldener	...	Lukas Mühlemann
Katharina von Bock	...	Jacqualyn Fouse
Michael Neuenschwander	...	André Dosé
Ueli Jäggi	...	Alberto Togni
Georg Scharegg	...	Georges Schorderet
Walter Hess	...	Kaspar Villiger
Niklaus Scheibli	...	Peter Siegenthaler
Peter Jecklin	...	Rico Prader
Helmut Förnbacher	...	Paul Stucki
Andrea Bettini	...	Christian Boomer
Daniel Rohr	...	Manfred Brennwald
Pasquale Aleardi	...	Peter Landolt

Storyline

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 2 October 2001. "Grounding" is set during the last days of the doomed airline, and tells the story of manager Mario A. Corti's unhappy fate, the last, unlucky CEO at the traditional airline company, as well as of all those nameless people who lost almost everything in the maelstrom of Swissair's downfall: their job, home and their belief in Switzerland.

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Plot Keywords:

airline | bankruptcy

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Switzerland

Language:

Swiss German German Italian English

Release Date:

19 January 2006 (Switzerland)

Also Known As:

Grounding, les derniers jours de Swissair

Filming Locations:

France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI), C-Films AG, Dädalus Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The movie is set between September 2001 and 3 October 2001 but there are TFT screens equipped with the TCO '03 logo and computers with Windows XP (released the 25 October 2001)

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Connections

Features Arena (1993)

User Reviews

Excellent movie with valuable corporate lesson

As stated in the Financial Times, this fast paced movie is an excellent lesson for companies. A MUST SEE for all Swiss and Germans and all former frequent flyers of Swissair.

Great casting (for those who know the real-life protagonists), convincing acting and script (although schmaltzy at times) and thrilling from start to end with a mix of news coverage documentation and movie. The simplification of the characters is permissible as are some of the lapses, like showing car models that didn't exist at the time.

I hope the movie gets some international attention and will be synchronized in English (swissgerman in the original) or at least get subtitles.