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Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief (2008)

A fascinating chronology of 100 years of mountain film history in the Alps. This documentary focuses primarily on films shot on the Matterhorn, the Eiger, and the Grandes Jorasses, considered until the 1930s as the "last problems of the Alps," and shows th ...

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)

This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film recounts the rise of her career from a dancer, to a movie actor to the most important film director in Nazi Ger ...

From Kastelruth to Hollywood (1986)

Hochkant (1982)

His Best Friend (1962)

The young engineer Peter and his best friend, the mountain guide Anderl, are passionate mountaineers. When Peter falls in love with Clarissa, the girlfriend of his student friend Marius, it leads to a fatal chain of dramatic events. Peter tells Clarissa th ...

Von der Liebe besiegt (1956)

Mario Clar is the successful co-owner of an engineering firm in Zurich. The news that a bridge he designed has collapsed, killing 43 people, hits this dependable man all the harder. Mario's feelings of guilt are so intense that he decides to end his life i ...

Flucht in die Dolomiten (1955)

Mountain Smugglers (1950)

Monte Miracolo (1949)

Germanin - Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat (1943)

Story of German medical missionaries helping the natives in Africa. ...

The Fire Devil (1940)

Love Letters from the Engadine (1938)

Constance, the young widow of a wealthy American, gets a love letter from the Engadine region, signed by the famous guide Toni Anewater she had met during a holiday in the previous year. Constanze and her friend Dorothy therefore go to Switzerland for wint ...

The Challenge (1938)

During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to ...

The Stars Shine (1938)

German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success. ...

The Mountain Calls (1938)

During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to ...

Giovanni de Medici: The Leader (1937)

Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526), becomes, under the name of Giovanni delle Bande Nere, captain of fortune at the service of the idea of a united Italy. ...

The Kaiser of California (1936)

The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the birthplace of the great California Gold Rush of 1848. ...

The Prodigal Son (1934)

Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression. ...

The Rebel (1932)

A young medical student returns to his Tyrolean home to find out that Napoleon's troops have taken over the area and that his mother and sister have been murdered. ...

The Doomed Battalion (1932)

Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards they find themselves fighting on different sides in the same area in the Dolomites, fighting to conquer th ...

The Burning Mountains (1931)

Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards they find themselves fighting on different sides in the same area in the Dolomites, fighting to conquer th ...

Mountains on Fire (1931)

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 beautie ...

His Best Friend (1962)

The young engineer Peter and his best friend, the mountain guide Anderl, are passionate mountaineers. When Peter falls in love with Clarissa, the girlfriend of his student friend Marius, it leads to a fatal chain of dramatic events. Peter tells Clarissa th ...

Wetterleuchten um Maria (1957)

Baron Siebenzell employs the young forest ranger Thomas Sebald, to stop the bold poachers he's plagued with in his beautiful mountain forests. Most of the men in the village reject and ridicule Thomas because of his job. Nevertheless he falls in love with ...

Von der Liebe besiegt (1956)

Mario Clar is the successful co-owner of an engineering firm in Zurich. The news that a bridge he designed has collapsed, killing 43 people, hits this dependable man all the harder. Mario's feelings of guilt are so intense that he decides to end his life i ...

Gold aus Gletschern (1956)

Flucht in die Dolomiten (1955)

Mountain Smugglers (1950)

Monte Miracolo (1949)

The Story of the Pope (1942)

The public and private life of Eugenio Pacelli, elected Pope Pius XII. ...

The Fire Devil (1940)

Love Letters from the Engadine (1938)

Constance, the young widow of a wealthy American, gets a love letter from the Engadine region, signed by the famous guide Toni Anewater she had met during a holiday in the previous year. Constanze and her friend Dorothy therefore go to Switzerland for wint ...

The Challenge (1938)

During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to ...

The Mountain Calls (1938)

During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to ...

Giovanni de Medici: The Leader (1937)

Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526), becomes, under the name of Giovanni delle Bande Nere, captain of fortune at the service of the idea of a united Italy. ...

The Kaiser of California (1936)

The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the birthplace of the great California Gold Rush of 1848. ...

The Prodigal Son (1934)

Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression. ...

The Rebel (1932)

A young medical student returns to his Tyrolean home to find out that Napoleon's troops have taken over the area and that his mother and sister have been murdered. ...

The Doomed Battalion (1932)

Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards they find themselves fighting on different sides in the same area in the Dolomites, fighting to conquer th ...

The Burning Mountains (1931)

Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards they find themselves fighting on different sides in the same area in the Dolomites, fighting to conquer th ...

Mountains on Fire (1931)

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 beautie ...