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Documentary / Historical
Tatort Matterhorn
Gieri Venzin (2015)
The Matterhorn. An invincible mountain - until 150 years ago. It all changed on the 14th July 1865, when two mountaineer groups raced to the top, wanting to be the first to reach the peak of the majestic mountain. The British-Swiss team were victorious. But the triumph soon turned into tragedy. During the descent, four mountaineers tragically died. But was it an unfortunate accident, or sabotage? Or even murder?
The documentary «Tatort Matterhorn» - produced by the Swiss television channel SRF - tries to solve the case that led to the dramatic happenings on the Swiss Alps.- 2015
- Germany
- 87 min
The Matterhorn. An invincible mountain - until 150 years ago. It all changed on the 14th July 1865, when two mountaineer groups raced to the top, wanting to be the first to reach the peak of the majestic mountain. The British-Swiss team were victorious. But the triumph soon turned into tragedy. During the descent, four mountaineers tragically died. But was it an unfortunate accident, or sabotage? Or even murder?
The documentary «Tatort Matterhorn» - produced by the Swiss television channel SRF - tries to solve the case that led to the dramatic happenings on the Swiss Alps.Climbing locations
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Hitlers Gipfelstürmer
Tom Matzek (2009)
Mountain climbers, jungle explorers and desert foxes - many of them ended up in the claws of the Nazi Party, the SS or the Wehrmacht because of their careers, scientific curiosity or their love of travel. Were these adventurers aware of the consequences of this association or were they simply interested in pursuing their own interests regardless of the price? That's the question that this documentary seeks to answer for the search for pre-historic sites in the Sahara led to the development of maps for the Wehrmacht, while an airborne expedition in the Amazon helped to develop aerial photographic analysis. The stories of explorers like Heinrich Harrer and Laszlo Almasy, better known as the «English Patient», are retold using spectacular pictures and footage from places like India, Egypt and Peru.- 2009
- Austria
- 51 min
Mountain climbers, jungle explorers and desert foxes - many of them ended up in the claws of the Nazi Party, the SS or the Wehrmacht because of their careers, scientific curiosity or their love of travel. Were these adventurers aware of the consequences of this association or were they simply interested in pursuing their own interests regardless of the price? That's the question that this documentary seeks to answer for the search for pre-historic sites in the Sahara led to the development of maps for the Wehrmacht, while an airborne expedition in the Amazon helped to develop aerial photographic analysis. The stories of explorers like Heinrich Harrer and Laszlo Almasy, better known as the «English Patient», are retold using spectacular pictures and footage from places like India, Egypt and Peru.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Glockner - Der schwarze Berg
Georg Riha (2002)
The most powerful peak in the Eastern Alps and Austria's highest mountain is the 3,798-meter high Großglockner. The fate mountain of the first alpinists rises from the Tauern massif like a watchman over an alpine natural paradise: chamois and ibex climb in the rock, alpine flowers glow, and an eagle glides over the summits. The film introduces the human activities around the Grossglockner as well as its flora and fauna. A film by Georg Riha produced for the German television program Universum.- 2002
- Austria, Germany
- 44 min
The most powerful peak in the Eastern Alps and Austria's highest mountain is the 3,798-meter high Großglockner. The fate mountain of the first alpinists rises from the Tauern massif like a watchman over an alpine natural paradise: chamois and ibex climb in the rock, alpine flowers glow, and an eagle glides over the summits. The film introduces the human activities around the Grossglockner as well as its flora and fauna. A film by Georg Riha produced for the German television program Universum.Climbing locations
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Unter Blinden
Eva Spreitzhofer (2015)
Andy Holzer is an extreme mountaineer and he has already climbed six of the 'Seven Summits'. What makes the difference between him and other professional alpinists? He is blind. Nevertheless, one can meet him in places where one would not expect blind persons, that is: in steep faces, where he is climbing, skiing and mountain biking. In his speeches for managers, he explains the world to the seeing people. This film shows in a thrilling but also funny way, how liberating it can be to adhere to weaknesses, and to concentrate on potencies.- 2015
- Austria
- 95 min
Andy Holzer is an extreme mountaineer and he has already climbed six of the 'Seven Summits'. What makes the difference between him and other professional alpinists? He is blind. Nevertheless, one can meet him in places where one would not expect blind persons, that is: in steep faces, where he is climbing, skiing and mountain biking. In his speeches for managers, he explains the world to the seeing people. This film shows in a thrilling but also funny way, how liberating it can be to adhere to weaknesses, and to concentrate on potencies.Climbing locations
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Die Trotzmacht des Geistes
Zorica Vilotic (2011)
In memory of the great soul doctor Viktor Frankl, 'Land der Berge' spoke with Frankls today about 90-year-old widow Elly and Erika Pluhar. The thoughts of his mountain experiences had helped Frankl to survive the horrors of the concentration camps in which his parents, his first wife and many relatives had been murdered.- 2011
- Austria
- 42 min
In memory of the great soul doctor Viktor Frankl, 'Land der Berge' spoke with Frankls today about 90-year-old widow Elly and Erika Pluhar. The thoughts of his mountain experiences had helped Frankl to survive the horrors of the concentration camps in which his parents, his first wife and many relatives had been murdered. -
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Der leise und der laute Weg - Schiestl - Bubendorfer
Manfred Gabrielli (1995)
This documentary takes us back to the youth of two exceptional Austrian alpinists. Both accomplished great achievements, but personally they were very opposite characters: the noisy path of Thomas Bubendorfer from Salzburg, born in 1962, led not only to the mountain, but above all to the columns of society in the media; the quiet path of the Tyrolean elementary school teacher Reinhard Schiestl from Huben in the Ötztal, born in 1957, however, through crevasses in the glaciers.Der leise und der laute Weg - Schiestl - Bubendorfer
- 1995
- Austria
This documentary takes us back to the youth of two exceptional Austrian alpinists. Both accomplished great achievements, but personally they were very opposite characters: the noisy path of Thomas Bubendorfer from Salzburg, born in 1962, led not only to the mountain, but above all to the columns of society in the media; the quiet path of the Tyrolean elementary school teacher Reinhard Schiestl from Huben in the Ötztal, born in 1957, however, through crevasses in the glaciers.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Höhepunkte & Tiefschläge - Hans Kammerlander wird 60
Zorica Vilotic (2016)
For the 60th birthday of the great Hans Kammerlander, Land der Berge dedicates a program to his mountaineer life. Kammerlander made well over 3000 tours, 50 first ascents and even more solo runs. Kammerlander circumnavigated the borders of his native South Tyrol. Land der Berge deals with the exciting life of the South Tyrolean mountaineer, marked by highs and lows.Höhepunkte & Tiefschläge - Hans Kammerlander wird 60
- 2016
- Austria
- 43 min
For the 60th birthday of the great Hans Kammerlander, Land der Berge dedicates a program to his mountaineer life. Kammerlander made well over 3000 tours, 50 first ascents and even more solo runs. Kammerlander circumnavigated the borders of his native South Tyrol. Land der Berge deals with the exciting life of the South Tyrolean mountaineer, marked by highs and lows.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Biographical
Luis Trenker - Pionier und Egomane
Karin Duregger (2016)
Even more than 25 years after his death, Luis Trenker is still an icon of the mountains: no one else has ensured such a lasting popularisation of the living environment in the (South) Tyrolean Alps. Whether as a film pioneer or as a TV presenter, he captivated an audience of millions. A gnarly nature boy in a felt hat and a mountaineer's shirt: Luis Trenker, who died in 1990, is still remembered today. In the 1920s and 1930s, the actor, screenwriter and director shaped the young genre of 'mountain film'. His films attracted the masses to the cinema - and at the same time fascinated the dictators of the time, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.Luis Trenker - Pionier und Egomane
- 2016
- Austria, Germany
- 28 min
Even more than 25 years after his death, Luis Trenker is still an icon of the mountains: no one else has ensured such a lasting popularisation of the living environment in the (South) Tyrolean Alps. Whether as a film pioneer or as a TV presenter, he captivated an audience of millions. A gnarly nature boy in a felt hat and a mountaineer's shirt: Luis Trenker, who died in 1990, is still remembered today. In the 1920s and 1930s, the actor, screenwriter and director shaped the young genre of 'mountain film'. His films attracted the masses to the cinema - and at the same time fascinated the dictators of the time, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Biographical
Cinderella Caterpillar
Zorica Vilotic (2006)
As a girl, she dreamed of a skiing career. 30 years later she looks back on another career: Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is the first and the only woman to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders without the use of artificial oxygen. The film, by Lutz Maurer and Zorica Vilotic, is part of the Austrian television series Land der Berge.- 2006
- Austria
- 43 min
As a girl, she dreamed of a skiing career. 30 years later she looks back on another career: Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is the first and the only woman to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders without the use of artificial oxygen. The film, by Lutz Maurer and Zorica Vilotic, is part of the Austrian television series Land der Berge.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Biographical
Luis Trenker - Ein Mann und seine Legenden
Karin Duregger (2015)
Even 25 years after his death, Luis Trenker is still an icon of the mountains: no one else has ensured such a lasting popularisation of the living environment in the (South) Tyrolean Alps. Whether as a film pioneer or as a TV presenter, he captivated an audience of millions. A gnarled nature boy in a felt hat and mountaineering shirt: Luis Trenker, who died in 1990, is still remembered today. The new documentary reflects the myth and reveals a differentiated picture of Luis Trenker.Luis Trenker - Ein Mann und seine Legenden
- 2015
- Austria, Germany
- 50 min
Even 25 years after his death, Luis Trenker is still an icon of the mountains: no one else has ensured such a lasting popularisation of the living environment in the (South) Tyrolean Alps. Whether as a film pioneer or as a TV presenter, he captivated an audience of millions. A gnarled nature boy in a felt hat and mountaineering shirt: Luis Trenker, who died in 1990, is still remembered today. The new documentary reflects the myth and reveals a differentiated picture of Luis Trenker.Climbing locations
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Drama / Action
Mörderische Abfahrt
Curt M. Faudon (1998)
Four old friends agree to go on a dangerous skitour. It soon becomes clear that they do not know each other as well as they thought and that each has his own private motives for going on the trip. Having as their guide the disturbingly beautiful and distant Monika, the group set to off on their dangerous journey. Almost immediately the cracks appear in the facade of their friendship. Before long, events take a more horrifying turn…- 1998
- Austria, Germany
- 93 min
Four old friends agree to go on a dangerous skitour. It soon becomes clear that they do not know each other as well as they thought and that each has his own private motives for going on the trip. Having as their guide the disturbingly beautiful and distant Monika, the group set to off on their dangerous journey. Almost immediately the cracks appear in the facade of their friendship. Before long, events take a more horrifying turn…Climbing locations
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Die wilden siebziger
Wolfgang Rebernik (2007)
The year 2008 sees the 30th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest by the Austrians. On 3rd May 1978, Wolfgang Nairz, Robert Schauer and Horst Bergmann, together with Ang Phu, stood on the summit of the highest mountain on Earth. On 8th May, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler reached the summit without the help of supplemental oxygen. The Wild Seventies is a film on this pioneering era during which a small mountaineering elite, for about ten years, learned together, went on expeditions, researched the medical foundations of high-altitude mountaineering and put Alpine sponsorship on the agenda. Their common undertakings culminated in the first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.- 2007
- Austria, Germany
- 45 min
The year 2008 sees the 30th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest by the Austrians. On 3rd May 1978, Wolfgang Nairz, Robert Schauer and Horst Bergmann, together with Ang Phu, stood on the summit of the highest mountain on Earth. On 8th May, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler reached the summit without the help of supplemental oxygen. The Wild Seventies is a film on this pioneering era during which a small mountaineering elite, for about ten years, learned together, went on expeditions, researched the medical foundations of high-altitude mountaineering and put Alpine sponsorship on the agenda. Their common undertakings culminated in the first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.Climbing locations
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