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Mountains on Fire

6.0 94 mins Drama   War   1931
Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac  
Director(s): Karl Hartl Luis Trenker

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.

Casts of Mountains on Fire

Luis Trenker

as Florian Dimai

Lissy Arna

as Pia

Claus Clausen

as Leutnant Kall

Paul Graetz

as Feldtelefonist

Luigi Serventi

as Arthur Franchini

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