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A Different History

A Different History

1994•2h 56m
Documentary

A three-part documentary about the long road to women's suffrage in Switzerland.

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Schweizer Fernsehen DRS

Language

DE

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Cast

Ulla Balzer

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Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre

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Marie Böhlen

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Marianne Frischknecht

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Christine Goll

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Yvette Jaggi

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Ursula Koch

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Lilo König

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Ellen Meyrat-Schlee

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Anneliese Villard-Traber

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Rebekka Wild

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