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.
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Cast
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Marie-Antoinette Buzet
Pia Dimaï
Also in
Une nuit au paradis
Joë Hamman
Le lieutenant Gall
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The Erl King
Burning Heart: An Indian Tale
Charles Delac
Armand Bernard
Le soldat autrichien
Known for
Boys' School
Le Million
Marcel Vandal
Georges Péclet
Le lieutenant Franchini
Known for
Grand Illusion
Pépé le Moko
Luis Trenker
Florian Dimaï
Also in
The Holy Mountain
The Mountain Calls
Henri Valbel
Le commandant
Also in
Francis the First
The Robber Symphony
Willy Rozier
Also in
The Damned Lovers
The Night at the Hotel
André Saint-Germain
Known for
Westfront 1918
Luis Trenker Director · Joë Hamman Director Giuseppe Becce Composer
First release November 13, 1931 · Produced in Germany, France · Original title Les Monts en flammes
Production
Les Films Marcel Vandal et Charles Delac
Production
Germany · France
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Original title
Les Monts en flammes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 13, 1931
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
January 1, 1932 · Theatrical · Brussels
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