Mountain Terrain Movies

  • 1934
    The Fight for the Matterhorn

    The Fight for the Matterhorn

    The Fight for the Matterhorn

    01934HD

    Sounded version of the 1928 film 'Der Kampf ums Matterhorn'. The added sound track included music composed by Schmidt-Boelckeb and dubbed dialogs by...

    The Fight for the Matterhorn
  • 1930
    The Knights of the Mountain

    The Knights of the Mountain

    The Knights of the Mountain

    91930HD

    The mountain guide and ski instructor Hans Turri has been hired by the tourist Gregory Milacz to make a route in the mountains. Both are caught by a...

    The Knights of the Mountain
  • 1946
    Unusual Occupations L-5-4

    Unusual Occupations L-5-4

    Unusual Occupations L-5-4

    01946HD

    An orange grower has a private observatory for comet hunting; Canadian mountaineer trains children; one man makes cactus furniture, another agate...

    Unusual Occupations L-5-4
  • 1938
    The Mountain Calls

    The Mountain Calls

    The Mountain Calls

    7.11938HD

    During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The...

    The Mountain Calls
  • 1937
    Kleine Scheidegg

    Kleine Scheidegg

    Kleine Scheidegg

    01937HD

    A mountain film set around the popular ski pass in the 1930s.

    Kleine Scheidegg
  • 1934
    Three Lives and a Rope

    Three Lives and a Rope

    Three Lives and a Rope

    01934HD

    The idea is a simple one: three alpinists climb in the Mont Blanc Massif. This situation brings one face to face with the dangers of the mountain:...

    Three Lives and a Rope
  • 1930
    Burza nad Zakopanem

    Burza nad Zakopanem

    Burza nad Zakopanem

    01930HD

    The peak of the sun is in the High Tatras. The mountain guide Carlo tried to climb it several times without success. When he finally gets it, he...

    Burza nad Zakopanem
  • 1927
    The Giant of the Dolomites

    The Giant of the Dolomites

    The Giant of the Dolomites

    7.51927HD

    Expert mountain-guide Maciste lives in the Dolomites. He dotes on his young nephew Hans, the illegitimate son of his sister, who died of a broken...

    The Giant of the Dolomites
  • 1936
    Nanga Parbat

    Nanga Parbat

    Nanga Parbat

    01936HD

    Record of the 1934 German expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner...

    Nanga Parbat
  • 1938
    Love Letters from the Engadine

    Love Letters from the Engadine

    Love Letters from the Engadine

    61938HD

    Constance, the young widow of a wealthy American, gets a love letter from the Engadine region, signed by the famous guide Toni Anewater she had met...

    Love Letters from the Engadine
  • 1934
    The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

    71934HD

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

    The Prodigal Son
  • 1934
    Dead Echo

    Dead Echo

    Dead Echo

    01934HD

    A young tourist has an accident during a holiday hike in the Tatra Mountains. The romance he begins with the highlander woman who takes care of him...

    Dead Echo
  • 1941
    The Basic Principles of Skiing

    The Basic Principles of Skiing

    The Basic Principles of Skiing

    01941HD

    Shot in 1941, this black-and-white instructional film (featuring actor Alan Ladd) serves as a veritable time capsule on the history of the sport,...

    The Basic Principles of Skiing
  • 1947
    High Conquest

    High Conquest

    High Conquest

    01947HD

    Love and adventure on the Matterhorn mountain.

    High Conquest
  • 1944
    First in Line

    First in Line

    First in Line

    7.11944HD

    A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps,...

    First in Line
  • 1943
    Daredevils of the Alps

    Daredevils of the Alps

    Daredevils of the Alps

    101943HD

    Marcel Ichac accompanied the mountaineer Armand Charlet, in 1943, in the repetition of the first crossing of the Aiguilles du Diable that the guide...

    Daredevils of the Alps
  • 1931
    The Burning Mountains

    The Burning Mountains

    The Burning Mountains

    101931HD

    Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...

    The Burning Mountains
  • 1943
    Comrades under Edelweiss

    Comrades under Edelweiss

    Comrades under Edelweiss

    7.51943HD

    This rare documentary was filmed with the participation and personal camera of Wolfgang Gorther, a German military cinematographer of the 1st mining...

    Comrades under Edelweiss
  • 1933
    White Majesty

    White Majesty

    White Majesty

    6.71933HD

    The mountain guide Jakob is a controversial figure. His supposed father dies and leaves behind a great heritage to the people. In the town they...

    White Majesty
  • 1942
    Le trone des dieux survolé

    Le trone des dieux survolé

    Le trone des dieux survolé

    01942HD

    Short version of the film 'Eingeschneit in Lager IV', released for the home market. The film shows images of the 1938 German expedition to Nanga...

    Le trone des dieux survolé