Mountains on Fire

1931 film

Mountains on Fire

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 (1931-09-28)

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.

## Synopsis

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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.

## Cast

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* 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

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* Doomed Battalion (1932)

## References

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1. ^ Naumann p. 173

## Bibliography

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* Trenker, Luis (1931). Berge in Flammen. Ein Roman aus den Schicksalstagen Südtirols. Berlin: Neufeld & Henius. OCLC 1069062357.
* Trenker, Luis; Degon, Pierre A. (1934). La guerre au Tyrol: combats dans les Dolomites (1915–1918). Paris: Payot. OCLC 48707673.
* Heer, Hannes; Naumann, Klaus, eds. (2004). War of Extermination: The German Military in World War II, 1941–1944. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-493-7.
* Keller, Tait (April 2009). "The Mountains Roar: The Alps during the Great War". Environmental History. 14 (2): 253–274. doi:10.1093/envhis/14.2.253. JSTOR 40608470.

## External links

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* Mountains on Fire at IMDb

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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 Cristo (1932)
* F.P.1 (1932)
* Her Highness the Saleswoman (1933)
* The Princess's Whim (1934)
* Gold (1934)
* So Ended a Great Love (1934)
* The Gypsy Baron (1935)
* The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936)
* The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
* Ride to Freedom (1937)
* Whom the Gods Love (1942)
* The Angel with the Trumpet (1948)
* House of Life (1952)
* The Wonder Kid (1952)
* Everything for Father (1953)
* A Musical War of Love (1953)
* Walking Back into the Past (1954)
* Mozart (1955)

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Luis Trenker

Films directed|

* 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)
* Love Letters from Engadin (1938)
* The Challenge (1938)
* The Fire Devil (1940)
* Barrier to the North (1950)
* Escape to the Dolomites (1955)
* His Best Friend (1962)

Novels|

* Captain Ladurner (1940)

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