Mountains on Fire

Mountains on Fire
Directed by	Karl Hartl Luis Trenker
Produced by	Charles Delac Marcel Vandal
Written by	Luis Trenker (novel) Karl Hartl
Starring	Luis Trenker Lissy Arna Luigi Serventi Claus Clausen
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Cinematography	Sepp Allgeier Albert Benitz Giovanni Vitrotti
Edited by	Karl Hartl Marc Sorkin Ernst Fellner
Production company	Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac
Distributed by	Globus-Film
Release dates	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

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

External links

Mountains on Fire at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Karl Hartl

A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930) Mountains on Fire (1931) The Prince of Arcadia (1932) The Countess of Monte-Christo (1932) Gold (1934) The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) Ride to Freedom (1937) Whom the Gods Love (1942) The Angel with the Trumpet (1948) The Wonder Kid (1952) Mozart (1955)

The films of Luis Trenker

The Son of the White Mountain (1930) Mountains on Fire (1931) The Rebel (1932) The Prodigal Son (1934) Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936) Condottieri (1937) The Mountain Calls (1938) The Challenge (1938) Barrier to the North (1950) His Best Friend (1962)

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