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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Decades after Danish, Dutch and American women secured the right to vote, Switzerland dragged its feet. It took a referendum in 1971 to change the laws, and the months leading up to that vote are the ...

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 ...

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 opening transition from credits to film of Petra Biondina Volpe’s Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award-winning The Divine Order is absolute perfection. With Jo Jo Benson and Peggy Scott-Adams’ ...

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