Mountains on Fire

{{Infobox film

| name = Mountains on Fire

| image = Mountains on Fire.jpg

| caption =

| director = {{ubl|Karl Hartl|Luis Trenker}}

| producer = {{ubl|Charles Delac|Marcel Vandal}}

| writer = {{ubl|Luis Trenker (novel)|Karl Hartl}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Luis Trenker|Lissy Arna|Luigi Serventi|Claus Clausen}}

| music = Giuseppe Becce

| editing = {{ubl|Karl Hartl|Marc Sorkin|Ernst Fellner}}

| cinematography = {{ubl|Sepp Allgeier|Albert Benitz|Giovanni Vitrotti}}

| studio = Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac

| distributor = {{ubl|Metropol-Filmverleih|Globus-Film}}

| released = {{film date|1931|9|28|df=y}}

| runtime = 109 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Mountains on Fire ({{langx|de|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 developed from Luis Trenker's novel of the same title, partly based on his own experiences. Separate French and English-language productions were also made.

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.Naumann p. 173 The plot also features references to the mines on the Italian front.

Cast

Luis Trenker as Florian Dimai
Lissy Arna as Pia, his wife
Luigi Serventi as Count Artur Franchini, his friend
Claus Clausen as Leutnant (lieutenant) Kall
Erika Dannhoff
Paul Graetz as Field phone operator
Michael von Newlinsky
Emmerich Albert as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier
Luis Gerold as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier
Hans Jamnig as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier
Hugo Lehner as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier
Roland von Rossi as Tyrolean Mountain Guide Company soldier

References

Bibliography

{{cite book | last = Trenker | first = Luis | year = 1931 | title = Berge in Flammen. Ein Roman aus den Schicksalstagen Südtirols | location = Berlin | publisher = Neufeld & Henius | oclc = 1069062357 }}
{{cite book | last1 = Trenker | first1 = Luis | last2 = Degon | first2 = Pierre A. | year = 1934 | title = La guerre au Tyrol: combats dans les Dolomites (1915–1918) | location = Paris | publisher = Payot | oclc = 48707673 }}
{{cite book | editor-last1 = Heer | editor-first1 = Hannes | editor-last2 = Naumann | editor-first2 = Klaus | title = War of Extermination: The German Military in World War II, 1941–1944 | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-1-57181-493-7 }}
{{cite journal | last = Keller | first = Tait | date = April 2009 | title = The Mountains Roar: The Alps during the Great War | journal = Environmental History | volume = 14 | issue = 2 | pages = 253–274 | doi = 10.1093/envhis/14.2.253 | jstor = 40608470 }}