--- title: 'Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland (1999)' type: 'film' director: 'Daniel Schmid' released: '1999-01-01' runtime_minutes: 108 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'Germany' - 'Austria' - 'Switzerland' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beresina-or-the-last-days-of-switzerland-1999' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204164/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland (1999) 1999 · 108 min · Comedy · Germany, Austria, Switzerland Original title: Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz ## Synopsis Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland is a 1999 Swiss satirical comedy film directed by Daniel Schmid and written by Martin Suter. It follows Irina, a Russian call girl who becomes entangled with figures from Swiss business, politics, the military, and the media, and unwittingly triggers the coup of a forgotten patriotic organisation. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ## Credits - **Director:** [Daniel Schmid](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-schmid) - **Screenplay:** [Martin Suter](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-suter) - **Director of Photography:** [Renato Berta](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-berta) ## Cast - [Marina Confalone](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-confalone) - [Iván Darvas](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-darvas) - [Martin Benrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-benrath) - [Geraldine Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-chaplin) - [Hilde Ziegler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-ziegler) - [Ivan Desny](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-desny) - [Hans Peter Korff](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-peter-korff) - [Ulrich Noethen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-noethen) - [Ulrich Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-beck) - [Stefan Kurt](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-kurt) - [Yelena Panova](https://cinepixo.com/people/yelena-panova) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/beresina-or-the-last-days-of-switzerland-1999 Film facts: Wikidata (Q681388); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.