Beresina

Beresina

105 mins | Comedy | Aug. 20, 1999

A naive girl's love for Switzerland is put to the test in this satiric comedy. Irina is a woman from Russia who all her life has always been fascinated by Switzerland and longs to live there some day, though her notion of Swiss life has more to do with Heidi and old movies set in the Alps than reality.

Beresina

105 mins | Comedy | Aug. 20, 1999

Beresina
A naive girl's love for Switzerland is put to the test in this satiric comedy. Irina is a woman from Russia who all her life has always been fascinated by Switzerland and longs to live there some day, though her notion of Swiss life has more to do with Heidi and old movies set in the Alps than reality.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Pandora Film, T&C Film AG, Prisma Film, Cinema Projects GmbH
Original title Beresina oder die letzten Tage der Schweiz
Directors Daniel Schmid
Writers Martin Suter

Cast

Elena Panova

as Irina

Geraldine Chaplin

as Charlotte De

Martin Benrath

as Alt-Divisionär Sturzenegger

Ulrich Noethen

as Dr. Alfred Waldvogel

Hans-Peter Korff

as Nationalrat Tschanz

Ivan Desny

as Rudolf Stauffacher

Stefan Kurt

as Claude Bürki

Peter Simonischek

as Fritz Ochsenbein

Iván Darvas

as Direktor Vetterli

Marina Confalone

as Benedetta Hösli

Joachim Tomaschewsky

as Alt Bundesrat von Gunten

Carola Regnier

as Fahrerin Invalidentaxi