Synopsis
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 the same high pass (Col Alto). When the war is over, they meet again. Their friendship has survived the war. There are two other versions of the film. The original was shot in German the same year (Berge in Flammen). The other, shot in English the year after, was produced by the American Universal Pictures (The Doomed Battalion). Both uses scenes from the original German version.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Luis TrenkerDirector
- Joë HammanDirector
- Luis TrenkerScreenplay
- Giuseppe BecceOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marie-Antoinette BuzetPia Dimaï
- Joë HammanLe lieutenant Gall
- Armand BernardLe soldat autrichien
- Georges PécletLe lieutenant Franchini
- Luis TrenkerFlorian Dimaï
- Henri ValbelLe commandant
- Willy RozierCast
- André Saint-GermainCast
Themes
based on novel or bookworld war imountainmountaineereuropeclimbinghistorical fictionmountain climbingalps mountainsmountaineeringeuropeaneurasia