Grounding: The Last Days of Swissair (2006)

Production companies : C-Films /

January 19, 2006 2h Switzerland Drama German More

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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.

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title：Grounding: The Last Days of Swissair
status：Released
Release date： 2006
Runtime：2h
Genres： Drama ·
Countries of origin： Switzerland ·
Original Language： German · English · Italian ·
Director： Michael Steiner /
Writers： Jürg Brändli · Michael Steiner · René Lüchinger · Tobias Fueter · Michael Sauter ·
Production companies： C-Films ·
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.