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| Directed by | Rolf Lyssy |
| Written by | Rolf Lyssy Christa Maerker |
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| Language | Swiss German |
The Swissmakers (German: Die Schweizermacher) is a 1978 Swiss comedy film directed by Rolf Lyssy. The movie satirizes the numerous bureaucratic and cultural barriers facing foreigners who decide to obtain Swiss nationality.
Die Schweizermacher was the highest-grossing Swiss film of all-time and remains one of the most successful Swiss movies, reaching 940,145 admissions in a country of 6.5 million inhabitants.[1][2]
- ^ "Switzerland's top 10 films". Variety. 1 August 1990. p. 59.
- ^ ProCinema - Schweizerischer Verband für Kino und Filmverleih, Kinogutscheine Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine