Plot Summary
A fascinating chronology of 100 years of mountain film history in the Alps. This documentary focuses primarily on films shot on the Matterhorn, the Eiger, and the Grandes Jorasses, considered until the 1930s as the "last problems of the Alps," and shows the evolution of mountain filmmaking through numerous excerpts from documentaries and feature films – notably on the Matterhorn in 1901. The genre, appropriated as a means of mass exaltation by "fascist" regimes during the Second World War, was reinvented in the 1950s by Gaston Rebuffat, Marcel Ichac, and Lionel Terray in the Mont Blanc massif, avant-garde figures of French mountain cinema, who reintroduced, beyond performance, the values of the mountains – and in color – poetry, humor, and sharing among people from all walks of life.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- de
Where to watch free (US)
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Cast
Kurt Diemberger
Self
Jean Afanassieff
Self
Lothar Brandler
Self
Leo Dickinson
Self
Philipp Stölzl
Self
Gaston Rébuffat
Self (archive footage)
Catherine Destivelle
Self
Patrick Berhault
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Marc Boivin
Self (archive footage)
Alexander Huber
Self
Thomas Huber
Self (archive footage)
Roger Moore
Self (archive footage)
Willy Bogner
Self
Florian Lukas
Self (archive footage)
Benno Fürmann
Self (archive footage)
Georg Friedrich
Self (archive footage)
Luis Trenker
Self (archive footage)
Johanna Wokalek
Self (archive footage)
Gerhard Baur
Self
Matthias Fanck
Self
Production Companies
ARTE
SWR
Movieman Productions GmbH
