The Burning Mountains

Les Monts en flammes

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.

Director

Luis Trenker

Director

Joë Hamman

Novela

Luis Trenker

Screenplay

Luis Trenker

Status

Released

Release date

13/11/1931

Original language

French