Luis Trenker

This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film directors in history, Leni Riefenstahl. The film...

Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression.

A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the birthplace of the great California Gold Rush of...

Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526), becomes, under the name of Giovanni delle Bande...

Two of Germany's best and busiest directors collaborated on Berge in Flammen (Mountain in Flames). The storyline should be of interest to...

Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.

The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb is very difficult, he agrees to try it...

A young medical student returns to his Tyrolean home to find out that Napoleon's troops have taken over the area and that his mother and sister have...

Story of German medical missionaries helping the natives in Africa.

Professional dancer Diotima finds herself the apex of a love triangle when she is pursued by two mountain climbers, Vigo and his older friend.

Peter Helling, the only survivor of a polar expedition, returns once more to the eternal ice. Why he calls his fate out again, what has happened? At...

A Tyrolean mountain guide comes under suspicion of killing a tourist.

This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a story (in the line of "A Star is Born"), but this...

German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.

Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio...

After a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering the peak that has defeated his father. But his...

During World War 1, an Austrian Battalion holds a mountain stronghold against the attack of the Italian army.