Fortress of Peace

Fortress of Peace (1964)

Wehrhafte Schweiz

Wehrhafte Schweiz is a Swiss Army propaganda film, made for the Expo 64 national exhibition in the then-prevailing spirit of geistige Landesverteidigung, "cultural national defense". It portrays the Swiss Army fighting against an unnamed, unseen enemy, using heavy weapons such as flamethrowers, artillery, tanks and bomber aircraft. After the enemy is repelled, the film closes with idyllic shots of beautiful Swiss landscapes. The 20-minute film was shot using the latest action film techniques in the Cinerama format on expensive MCS-70 Super Panorama 70mm stock. (Wikipedia)

Date of release
1964-10-25
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
20m
Genres
Documentary
Director
John Fernhout

Interesting facts

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Fortress of Peace, originally titled Wehrhafte Schweiz in German and Nous pouvons nous défendre in French, is a Swiss short film made in 1964, directed by John Fernhout and produced by Lothar Wolff. It was nominated for the 1965 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

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