Synopsis
The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they consider Jakob a bastard, because his parents were not married, which means that without a testament, the lands in which he lives do not belong to him. But the testament indicates that the inheritance corresponds him under a single condition, he must be the first person to climb the east face of Monte Verità. There is a French version of the film, titled 'Un de la montagne', shot the year after with the same script but with different actors and by a different director.
Ratings
TMDB6.7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- August KernDirector
- Anton KutterDirector
- Alfred ZeislerDirector
- August KernWriter
- Anton KutterWriter
- Hilmar GeorgiOriginal Music Composer
- Peter KreuderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gustav DiesslJakob Burghardt
- Hertha ThieleMonika Amatter
- Carl de VogtBundesrichter Dr. Reymond
- Ernst Stahl-NachbaurDer Verteidiger
- Rolf PineggerDer Gemeindepräsident
- Helmuth RenarStaatsanwalt
- Stephan BloetzerStefan Thöni - Bergführer
- Werner DübyBauingenieur
- Beni FührerVeit Amatter - Monikas Bruder
- Max WeydnerVater Amatter
- Emil HöferPosthalter Thöni - Stefans Vater
- Thekla AhrensGreta
Themes
switzerlandmountainmountaineereuropetalkieclimbingblack and whitemountain climbingalps mountainsswiss alpsmountaineeringeuropean