San Gottardo
Overview
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.
Release date
27/04/1977
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Voyages au centre de la Terre : Dans les pas de Jules Verne
L'Épopée des gueules noires
Lyon-Turin : Le Dernier Tunnel XXL
Houses of Poverty
Asbestos
A86 : Le Défi d'un tunnel à double étage
Dans les coulisses du métro de Paris
The Deminer
Building the Channel Tunnel
Rebellious City
Eiffel, les derniers secrets
Ballymanus
Mines antipersonnel : La guerre des lâches
Carnets du sous-sol
LALGAM - portraits of survival
But They Did: The Re-entry Of The Pike River Mine
Western Sahara determined
The hidden fire
Champs-Elysées
The Land of Mine