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The film was a popular success in Switzerland, attracting more than four million viewers (about two thirds of the country's population). The project, led by Major General Gustav Däniker and by Rudolf Farner, a powerful advertising executive in civilian life, was however controversial because of its exorbitant CHF 1 million production cost, concerns about military secrecy and the use of ...
However, the country was forced to adopt the so-called "differential neutrality", which required Switzerland to participate in economic sanctions while preserving its military neutrality, a policy initially welcomed to establish the Swiss solidarity with international efforts to promote a peaceful world order. [21]
The English name Switzerland is a portmanteau of Switzer, an obsolete term for a Swiss person which was in use during the 16th to 19th centuries, and land. [28] The English adjective Swiss is a loanword from French Suisse, also in use since the 16th century.
Although Indian cinema has been shot in a variety of foreign settings, the use of Switzerland as a backdrop for many scenes in Indian cinema, especially Hindi films, has been particularly notable for its unusual prevalence, with the country being consistently featured and involved as a setting despite its relatively large distance and small size, lack of a significant diaspora population, and ...
M. Mad About Music; A Mad Idea; The Maddest Car in the World; Magic Fire; The Magic Mountain (1982 film) The Man from Yesterday; Man to Men; The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
A clip of Tina Turner explaining why she renounced US citizenship and moved to Europe has resurfaced following her death. Speaking during a CNN interview in February 1997, the iconic singer ...
This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography.
Switzerland has submitted 46 films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since their first entry in 1961. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non- English dialogue.