Switzerland (short film)

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Movie
Original title Switzerland
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1955
length 33 minutes
Rod
Director Ben Sharpsteen
production Walt Disney
music Paul J. Smith

Switzerland (cross-reference People and Places: Switzerland ) is an American short film directed by Ben Sharpsteen in 1955, for which producer Walt Disney was nominated for an Oscar .

content

Alphorn concert in Vals GR

The film deals with life in Switzerland, the landscape, culture and customs. At first, a goatherd looks for a lost child in a staged action in the mountains. Later the view turns to horses in an idyllic landscape, which are used to plow fields

Heidi and Alpöhi, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith

We learn something about yodelling , which is often considered typical of Switzerland, and about the fact that the alphorn , a natural wooden trumpet, has been known since at least the 16th century. Shooting , flag waving and hornussen are cultivated at numerous federal festivals . Wood carvings , especially nativity figurines , are associated with Switzerland; Switzerland has also been known for its lace since the 19th century . Rösti , Appenzell cheese , Basel flour soup , Zurich sliced ​​meat and the famous cheese fondue are known from Swiss cuisine .

We learn that the painter Hans Holbein the Younger called himself a Basel native and that Arnold Böcklin , one of the most important visual artists of the 19th century, came from Basel . John Calvin , the founder of Calvinism, was significant in world history . In literary terms, Friedrich Schiller in particular captured the old Swiss Confederation in his play Wilhelm Tell . One of the world's best-known books is probably the Swiss children's book Heidi by Johanna Spyri from 1880/1881, which is one of the most translated books in the world.

Production, publication

It is in Switzerland a film within a series Walt Disney, under the name prefixed People and Places (people and places) in the period 1953 to 1960 was produced and spawned 17 films. In Switzerland it is the third film of the series.

The film, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution , premiered in the United States on January 16, 1955. It was published in Sweden on December 12, 1955, and in Japan on August 10, 1956.

reception

criticism

Michael Barrier wrote in his book that the film not only gives the impression that traditional methods survived World War II , but that World War II never took place.

Award

Walt Disney was at the Academy Awards 1956 with the film in the category "Best Short Film" (2 film roles) nominated for an Oscar , which however went to Wilbur T. Blume and his film The Face of Lincoln .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walt Once Took us Around the World sS ohmy.disney.com (English)
  2. ↑ Walt Disney's Award-Winning Documentaries sS waltdisney.org (English)
  3. ↑ Michael Barrier: The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney , University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 2007 by Michael Barrier, p. 266
  4. ↑ The 28th Academy Awards | 1956 sS oscars.org (English)