 GEOG: At the beginning of The Formula, a Nazi General is given the  task of driving a truck to the Swiss border. In the next scene the  truck has been captured by the US Army. The scene is shot in the  snow. This is supposed to take place in the first week of May 1945.  There is nowhere that would be covered in snow between Berlin and  the Swiss border in May, even if he went the long way i.e. via  Austria.