Emil Berna (2 April 1907 – 16 October 2000) was a Swiss

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. He also co-directed one film, the 1952 drama '' Palace Hotel''. For several decades Berna was employed on almost all the major Swiss film productions. He worked on the 1948

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The Search ''The Search'' is a 1948 American film directed by Fred Zinnemann that tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each other across post-World War II Europe. It stars Montgomery Clift, Ivan Jandl, Jarmila Novotn ...

'' which was shot on location in Europe.Nolletti p.41

Selected filmography

* ''

Feind im Blut ''Feind im Blut'' (English: ''Enemy in the Blood'') is a 1931 Swiss-German drama film directed by Walter Ruttmann. It tells three stories about people who become infected with syphilis. There are also documentary parts with information about the ...

'' (1931) * ''

Fusilier Wipf ''Fusilier Wipf'' (German: ''Füsilier Wipf'') is a 1938 Swiss drama film directed by Hermann Haller and Leopold Lindtberg and starring Paul Hubschmid, Heinrich Gretler and Robert Trösch. When the First World War breaks out, a hairdresser's ...

'' (1938) * ''

Constable Studer ''Constable Studer'' (German: ''Wachtmeister Studer'') is a 1939 Swiss crime film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Heinrich Gretler, Adolf Manz and Anne-Marie Blanc.Bock & Bergfelder p.169 The film is based on a novel by Friedrich Glause ...

'' (1939) * '' The Last Chance'' (1945) * ''

Madness Rules ''Madness Rules'' (German: ''Matto regiert'') is a 1947 Swiss crime film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Heinrich Gretler, Heinz Woester and Elisabeth Müller.Fritsche p.31 It is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Friedrich Gla ...

'' (1947) * ''

'' (1948) * ''

Swiss Tour ''Swiss Tour'' (or ''Four Days Leave'') is a 1949 American-Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Cornel Wilde, Josette Day and Simone Signoret. It marked the film debut of Liselotte Pulver who went on to be a major star of Ge ...

'' (1949) * ''

Four in a Jeep ''Four in a Jeep'' (german: Die Vier im Jeep) is a 1951 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and Elizabeth Montagu. Cast * Ralph Meeker as Sergeant William Long * Viveca Lindfors as Franziska Idinger * Yossi Yadin as Sergeant Vassili ...

'' (1951) * ''

Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Used ...

'' (1952) * '' Palace Hotel'' (1952) * '' The Village'' (1953) * ''

Heidi and Peter ''Heidi and Peter'' (German: ''Heidi und Peter'') is a 1955 Swiss family drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Heinrich Gretler, Elsbeth Sigmund and Thomas Klameth. It was a sequel to the 1952 film ''Heidi'', which was itself an adapta ...

'' (1955) * ''

Uli the Tenant ''Uli the Tenant'' (German: ''Uli, der Pächter'') is a 1955 Swiss comedy drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Liselotte Pulver, Hannes Schmidhauser and Emil Hegetschweiler.Goble p.996 Based on a classic 1849 novel by Jeremias Gotthel ...

'' (1955) * ''

The Mountains Between Us ''The Mountains Between Us'' (German: '' Zwischen uns die Berge'') is a 1956 Swiss romantic drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Hannes Schmidhauser, Nelly Borgeaud and Peter Arens.Bock & Bergfelder p.170 Made in Eastmancolor, it wa ...

'' (1956) * ' (1960)

References

Bibliography

* Arthur Nolletti. ''The Films of Fred Zinnemann: Critical Perspectives''. SUNY Press, 1999.

External links

* 1907 births 2000 deaths Swiss cinematographers Film people from Zürich {{Switzerland-bio-stub