''Mountains on Fire'' (german: Berge in Flammen) is a 1931
German
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war film
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directed by
Karl Hartl and
Luis Trenker and starring Trenker,
Lissy Arna
Lissy Arna (born Elisabeth Arndt, 20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film '' The Squeaker'', which was directed by Martin Frič and Karel L ...
and
Luigi Serventi. The film was based on
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
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, 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 (World War I).
Cast
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Luis Trenker as Florian Dimai
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Lissy Arna
Lissy Arna (born Elisabeth Arndt, 20 December 1900 – 22 January 1964) was a German film actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1962. She starred in the 1931 film '' The Squeaker'', which was directed by Martin Frič and Karel L ...
as Pia, his wife
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Luigi Serventi as Arthur Franchini, his friend
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Claus Clausen as Leutnant (lieutenant) Kall
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Erika Dannhoff
Erika Dannhoff (2 December 1909 – 18 June 1996) was a German actress. She played the female lead in the 1935 mountain film ''Demon of the Himalayas''.
Selected filmography
* '' The Model from Montparnasse'' (1929)
* ''The Man with the Frog'' ( ...
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Paul Graetz
Paul Graetz (8 August 1889 – 16 February 1937) was a German actor and star of the Weimar cabaret.
Selected filmography
* ''The Peruvian'' (1919)
* ''The Princess of the Nile'' (1920)
* ''Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920)
* ''Mary Magdalene'' (192 ...
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Michael von Newlinsky
Michael von Newlinsky (21 June 1891 – 14 August 1964) was an Austrian film actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during his career, in films such as Georg Wilhelm Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (1929).Roberts p.82
Selected filmography
* ...
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Emmerich Albert as Tyrolean mountain guide
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Luis Gerold as Tyrolean mountain guide
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Hans Jamnig as Tyrolean mountain guide
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Hugo Lehner as Tyrolean mountain guide
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Roland von Rossi as Tyrolean mountain guide
See also
* ''
Doomed Battalion'' (1932)
References
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1931 films
Films of the Weimar Republic
1931 war films
German war films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Karl Hartl
Films directed by Luis Trenker
Films set in the 1910s
Films set in Austria
Films set in Italy
Films set in the Alps
Films shot in Italy
World War I films set on the Italian Front
Mountaineering films
Films based on Austrian novels
Films based on Italian novels
German black-and-white films
German multilingual films
1931 multilingual films
1930s German films
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