I decided to have an abortion
I decided to have an abortion Since October 2002 abortions were illegal until the 12th week of a pregnancy. What does the decision to the termination of a pregnancy mean to the psyche of a woman? For her body? For her sexuality? For her fertility? In Suisse every year approximately 11.000 women decide to have an abortion. For the first time in history a TV team was allowed to film the "daily abortions" in a big, gynecologic…
Report 47 min
2013
Switzerland

Topic: Abortion
Northern Skirts
Northern Skirts Vienna, 1995. Jasmin, Tamara, Valentin, Senad and Roman live near the northern border of Austria. Their lives repeatedly intersect and drift apart. The characters involved are young migrants from the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland and Austria itself. Strangers in a strange land, they feel a sense of loss in their new, temporary environment. The five-some meet and get close to each other, hope…
Film 103 min
1999
Germany Switzerland Austria

Topic: Abortion
Abortion in secret
Abortion in secret The film was realized by the Bieler working group of the Swiss Association for impunity of abortion (SVSS) during the campaign for the legalization of abortion in a German and a French version. He was shown at discussionmeetings in all of Switzerland to inform about the situation of abortion. The law then in force says that an abortion is only permitted when serious danger to the health of a pre…
26 min
1971
Switzerland

Topic: Abortion
Within 3o years
Within 3o years The demand of the women’s movement for the right to abortion at the end of the 1960s led to an impassioned controversy and heated discussions with irreconcilable standpoints. The film is a political and social documentation, based on archive footage from the French Swiss Broadcasting Service (TSR).
50 min
2008
Switzerland

Topic: Abortion
File: abortion
File: abortion It is estimated that thirty million abortions a year are performed worldwide, about 1 abortion compared to 4 births. In the developed countries, this would mean 10 to 15 million which would be much more abortions than births. These figures show the extent and importance of the problem. A team of TP has tried to show the main aspects of this reality that the social pressure causes secrecy which i…
Report 92 min
1972
Switzerland

Topic: Abortion
Dear Doctor
Dear Doctor An "intervention movie" the Swiss referendum on abortion (solution time) As first presented the work group produces a 15-minute film. It shows among other things a shot in a single take abortion. Since most women are dependent on advice from rural areas, it was decided to present the film work in a rural community. The Working Group invited the community Ennenda (Glarus) one at a film screening …
Documentary 64 min
1977
Switzerland

Topic: Abortion
Abortion in Switzerland
Abortion in Switzerland The film was realized by the Bieler working group of the Swiss Association for impunity of abortion (SVSS) during the campaign for the legalization of abortion in a German and a French version. It came to discussions in all of Switzerland used to inform about the situation of abortion. The law then in force explains that abortion is only permitted upon serious danger to the health of a pregnant w…
Documentary 27 min
1975
Switzerland

Topic: Abortion
The doctor says
The doctor says An idealistic young doctor (Tadeusz Lomnicki) takes a job at a woman's hospital in this routine medical drama. He loses his confidence and questions whether the medical field is right for him before a series of interactions between patients and their families restores his faith and dedication to heal the afflicted. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide A mother of three children is refused an abortion…
Film 83 min
1966
Switzerland Germany

Topic: Abortion
Misery and Fortune of Women
Misery and Fortune of Women Part One A song in praise of the doctor’s skill:
Sergej Eisenstein’s and Grigori Alexandrov’s film Women in Distress – Women’s Happiness was shot in Switzerland. It grew out of the already passé genre of German "hygiene" films that profited from "informing" the public on sexual matters; but Misery and Fortune of Women, by two of the most celebrated Soviet film artists, hired by producer Lazar We…
Film 62 min
1929
Switzerland

Topic: Abortion