Mountains on Fire
| Mountains on Fire | |
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| Directed by | Karl Hartl Luis Trenker |
| Written by | Luis Trenker (novel) Karl Hartl |
| Produced by | Charles Delac Marcel Vandal |
| Starring | Luis Trenker Lissy Arna Luigi Serventi Claus Clausen |
| Cinematography | Sepp Allgeier Albert Benitz Giovanni Vitrotti |
| Edited by | Karl Hartl Marc Sorkin Ernst Fellner |
| Music by | Giuseppe Becce |
Production company | Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac |
| Distributed by | Metropol-Filmverleih Globus-Film |
Release date | 28 September 1931 |
Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Mountains on Fire (German: Berge in Flammen) is a 1931 German war film directed by Karl Hartl and Luis Trenker and starring Trenker, Lissy Arna and Luigi Serventi. The film was based on Luis Trenker's novel of the same title, partly based on his own experiences. Separate French and English-language productions were also made. One of the series of popular Mountain films of the era, it was shot on location in the Dolomites.
Synopsis
Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards they find themselves fighting on different sides.[1] The plot also features references to the Mines on the Italian Front (World War I).
Cast
- Luis Trenker as Florian Dimai
- Lissy Arna as Pia, his wife
- Luigi Serventi as Arthur Franchini, his friend
- Claus Clausen as Leutnant (lieutenant) Kall
- Erika Dannhoff
- Paul Graetz
- Michael von Newlinsky
- Emmerich Albert as Tyrolean mountain guide
- Luis Gerold as Tyrolean mountain guide
- Hans Jamnig as Tyrolean mountain guide
- Hugo Lehner as Tyrolean mountain guide
- Roland von Rossi as Tyrolean mountain guide
See also
- Doomed Battalion (1932)
References
- ^ Naumann p.173
Bibliography
- Trenker, Luis (1931) Berge in Flammen. Ein Roman aus den Schicksalstagen Südtirols. Berlin: Neufeld & Henius
- Trenker, Luis and Degon, Pierre A. (1934) La guerre au Tyrol : combats dans les Dolomites (1915-1918) Paris: Payot
- Naumann, Heer. War of Extermination: The German Military in World War II, 1941-1944. Berghahn Books, 2004.
- Keller, Tait (April 2009) "The Mountains Roar: The Alps during the Great War" Environmental History Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 253-274
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