On the world stage, Switzerland is often thought of as a neutral, progressive and all-around first-rate country—so much so, that it may surprise some to learn that Swiss women only got the vote in ...

"I am in favour of women's right to vote." Zeitgeist Films has unveiled an official US trailer for the highly acclaimed Swiss film The Divine Order, also known as Die Göttliche Ordnung in German. This ...

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Petra Volpe's dramedy about the fight for women’s suffrage in Switzerland (in 1971!) won the audience award at the Tribeca Film Festival. By Scott Roxborough Switzerland has picked The Divine Order, a ...

"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic gospels of the New Testament. Not ...

Marie Leuenberger ('The Circle') stars as a housewife fighting for women's right to vote in 1971 Switzerland in Petra Volpe's 'The Divine Order,' Switzerland's foreign-language Oscar submission. By ...

THE DIVINE ORDER (Die Gottliche Ordnung) will screen at Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Lindbergh Blvd. and Clayton Rd, Frontenac, MO 63131) as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival.

The spark igniting the gentle blaze of “The Divine Order,” Switzerland’s submission to the foreign-language Oscar race, is a jaw-dropping historical fact: In 1971, Swiss women were still fighting for ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “The Divine Order” opens to a series of clips of the various social movements that now identify ...

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