The Divine Order

The Divine Order
Film poster
Directed byPetra Volpe
Written byPetra Volpe
StarringMarie Leuenberger
CinematographyJudith Kaufmann
Release date
  • 9 March 2017 (2017-03-09)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageSwiss German

The Divine Order (German: Die göttliche Ordnung) is a 2017 Swiss comedy-drama film directed by Petra Volpe. It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film centres on Nora Ruckstuhl, a housewife and mother in a small village. She publicly advocated for women's suffrage in Switzerland to be voted on in a 1971 referendum.