Luis Trenker
Birthday: 1892-10-04
Place of Birth: St. Ulrich in Gröden, Italy
Biography: Luis Trenker was a mountaineer, actor, director and writer. He is best known for his films about the Alps.
Movies
The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
This documentary recounts the life and work of one of most famous, and yet reviled, German film dire...
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The Prodigal Son
Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression...
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The Great Leap
A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing o...
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The Emperor of California
The film follows the life story of Johann Augustus Suter, the owner of Sutter's Mill, famous as the ...
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Mountains on Fire
Two of Germany's best and busiest directors collaborated on Berge in Flammen (Mountain in Flames). ...
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The Mountain Calls
The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since...
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Giovanni de Medici: The Leader
Returned from exile where he accompanied his mother Caterina Sforza, Giovanni de 'Medici (1498-1526)...
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The Rebel
A young medical student returns to his Tyrolean home to find out that Napoleon's troops have taken o...
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Germanin - Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat
Story of German medical missionaries helping the natives in Africa....
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The Holy Mountain
In the mountains, Diotima meets Karl and fall in love and have an affair. Karl's friend Vigo mistake...
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Der Ruf des Nordens
Peter Helling, the only survivor of a polar expedition, returns once more to the eternal ice. Why he...
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The Son of the White Mountain
A Tyrolean mountain guide comes under suspicion of killing a tourist....
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The Great Passion
This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a stor...
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The Fight for the Matterhorn
Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama f...
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Mountain of Destiny
After a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering...
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The Doomed Battalion
During World War 1, an Austrian Battalion holds a mountain stronghold against the attack of the Ital...
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