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Mountains on Fire (1931)
Directed by Karl Hartl, Luis Trenker
“"The most unique Bergfilm of them all: a First World War mountain film on skis!"”
Drama, War · 1h 38m
Two of Germany's best and busiest directors collaborated on Berge in Flammen (Mountain in Flames). The storyline should be of interest to pro-ecologists, inasmuch as the directors take to task the warmongers of the world for despoiling the natural beauties of the European mountain ranges with their shell-fire. The final outrage occurs during a battle between the Austrians and the Italians in the Dolomites, culminating with the destruction of an entire mountain (hence the film's title). The harrowing images on screen were complemented perfectly by the musical score of Giuseppe Beece. Also known as The Doomed Batallion, Berge in Flammen was filmed in three different languages -- German, English, French -- for a total cost of $150,000.
Cast
Luis Trenker
Florian Dimai
Lissy Arna
Pia
Claus Clausen
Leutnant Kall
Michael von Newlinsky
(uncredited)
Paul Graetz
Feldtelefonist
Luigi Serventi
Arthur Franchini
Crew
- Director
- Karl Hartl, Luis Trenker
- Screenplay
- Luis Trenker
- Writer
- Karl Hartl
- Novel
- Luis Trenker
- Director of Photography
- Albert Benitz, Giovanni Vitrotti, Sepp Allgeier, Siegfried Weinmann
- Original Music Composer
- Giuseppe Becce
- Editor
- Ernst Fellner, Karl Hartl, Marc Sorkin
- Producer
- Marcel Vandal, Charles Delac
Details
- Original title
- Berge in Flammen
- Release date
- 1931-09-27
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German, Italian
- Countries
- Germany, France
- Production
- Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac