Grounding: The Last Days of Swissair

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 19, 2006

Original language

German

Spoken languages

English, German, Italian

Countries

Switzerland

Production

C-Films

Cast

Katharina von Bock,Hanspeter Müller,Rainer Guldener,Matthias Mölleney,Gilles Tschudi,László I. Kish,Helmut Förnbacher,Michael Neuenschwander,Pasquale Aleardi,Hans Heinz Moser

Director

Michael Steiner

Writer

Michael Steiner,René Lüchinger,Jürg Brändli,Tobias Fueter,Michael Sauter

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0449959