The
Bernina Express fights its way from Switzerland to Italy over 196 bridges and
55 tunnels. The path leads it through deep valleys, wild gorges and over the
eternal ice of the Graubünden Alps. It was not until 1890 that the railway engineers
closed southeast Switzerland. A daring undertaking. Because powerful forces of
nature make the railway line an exciting landscape to this day.
The film accompanies the Bernina Express over the highest railway line over the Alps in winter.