Grounding: The Last Days of Swissair

Grounding: The Last Days of Swissair

120 mins | Drama | Jan. 19, 2006

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.

Grounding: The Last Days of Swissair

120 mins | Drama | Jan. 19, 2006

Grounding: The Last Days of Swissair
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers C-Films
Original title Grounding: Die letzten Tage der Swissair
Directors Michael Steiner
Writers René Lüchinger, Jürg Brändli, Michael Steiner, Tobias Fueter, Michael Sauter

Cast

László I. Kish

as Moritz Suter

Michael Neuenschwander

as André Dosé

Gilles Tschudi

as Marcel Ospel

Rainer Guldener

as Lukas Mühlemann

Katharina von Bock

as Jacqualyn Fouse

Matthias Mölleney

as Matthias Mölleney

Hanspeter Müller

as Mario Corti

Helmut Förnbacher

as Paul Stucki

Pasquale Aleardi

as Peter Landolt

Hans Heinz Moser

as Hanspeter Frieden