San Gottardo
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In this docudrama, the real star is a railroad tunnel. First built, at the instigation of a banker and an engineer, in 1872 under appalling conditions, it was widened to accommodate automobiles in 1972. The tunnel links the Rhineland in Germany with Italy and goes through the Swiss mountains. The many lives lost in the building of the first tunnel were considered to be one of the costs for economic progress. In one re-enactment, a strike for better conditions is severely dealt with by the military. Even in 1972, though working conditions were better, most of the men working on the tunnel were poor immigrant workers, with almost no power to negotiate better treatment.
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Edited by Rainer TrinklerShot by Renato Berta
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19 unique people credited
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Roberto Abbati
as Italian miner
Ugo Albertini
as Old ticinese man
Maurice Aufair
as Louis Favre
Paolo Bocelli
as Italian miner
Michel Cassagne
as French engineer
Gabriele Ceresa
as Town crier
Jurgen Cziesla
as Liberal politician
Jiairo Daghini
as Socialist revolutionary
Gigi Dall Aglio
as Italian miner
Dore De Rosa
as Team leader
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