The Burning Mountains

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The Burning Mountains (1931)

Directed by Luis Trenker, Joë Hamman

War, Drama · 1h 42m

Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards they find themselves fighting on different sides in the same area in the Dolomites, fighting to conquer the same high pass (Col Alto). When the war is over, they meet again. Their friendship has survived the war. There are two other versions of the film. The original was shot in German the same year (Berge in Flammen). The other, shot in English the year after, was produced by the American Universal Pictures (The Doomed Battalion). Both uses scenes from the original German version.

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Cast

M
Marie-Antoinette Buzet Pia Dimaï Joë Hamman Le lieutenant Gall Armand Bernard Le soldat autrichien Georges Péclet Le lieutenant Franchini Luis Trenker Florian Dimaï
H
Henri Valbel Le commandant Willy Rozier
A
André Saint-Germain

Crew

Director
Luis Trenker, Joë Hamman
Screenplay
Luis Trenker
Novel
Luis Trenker
Original Music Composer
Giuseppe Becce
Producer
Charles Delac, Marcel Vandal

Details

Original title
Les Monts en flammes
Release date
1931-11-13
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
War, Drama
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
France, Germany
Production
Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac