The Doomed Battalion

The Doomed Battalion (1932)

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. American version of the film Berge in Flammen. It uses some scenes from the original German-French version. There is a third version of the film titled Les Monts en Flammes, shot the same year in French.

Data di uscita
1932-04-30
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Durata
1 h 21 min
Generi
Dramma, Guerra
Regista
Cyril Gardner, Luis Trenker, Karl Hartl

Cast

Curiosità

Doomed Battalion is a 1932 American drama film directed by Cyril Gardner and written by Karl Hartl, Patrick Kearney, Paul Perez and Luis Trenker. The film stars Luis Trenker, Tala Birell, Albert Conti, Victor Varconi, Henry Armetta and Gustav von Seyffertitz.

Production

The film had been filmed previously in German in 1931 as Berge in Flammen produced by Marcel Vandal and Charles Delac. Luis Trenker had also co-produced and starred in the German version.

The film was shot in the Austrian Tyrol. Footage was used from the 1931 German film.

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