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Action: Let&#;s Climb! History of Mountaineering and Climbing Film
by Roberto Mantovani
C.A.I. &#; Club Alpino Italiano, pages
$, €39,90 (format), ISBN , English translation of Ciak, si scala!
C.A.I. website
Reviewed by Kamaal Haque
Roberto Mantovani, for many years editor of the one of the major Italian mountaineering magazines Rivista della Montagna, has written a book on mountains films unlike any other on the topic. At times polemical, at times simply encyclopedic, Mantovani’s wide-ranging work both challenges and reinforces much of what has previously been written on the topic, starting with the definition of what exactly a mountain film is. While claiming to sidestep the generic question, Mantovani defines his subject as those films “in which climbing and mountaineering act as a background to the stories offered to the film-goer or – and we are talking about the majority – are the actual topic on which an ever more essential number of titles is centred” (15). Thus, he is, as his subtitle suggests, mostly interested in “mountaineering and climbing film,”
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What makes Berg different from the typical baseball player is that thinker. He knew ten languages, graduated from Princeton University and got a statute degree from Columbia University. That prowess with languages helped him get a position with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a predecessor to the CIA,when World War II broke out.
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Synopsis
Two of Germany&#;s best and busiest directors collaborated on Berge in Flammen (Mountain in Flames). The storyline should be of interest to pro-ecologists, inasmuch as the directors take to task the warmongers of the world for despoiling the natural beauties of the European mountain ranges with their shell-fire. The final outrage occurs during a battle between the Austrians and the Italians in the Dolomites, culminating with the destruction of an entire mountain (hence the film&#;s title). The harrowing images on screen were complemented perfectly by the musical score of Giuseppe Beece. Also known as The Doomed Batallion, Berge in Flammen was filmed in three different languages -- German, English, French -- for a total cost of $,
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Alternative Titles
Montagne in fiamme, Császárvadász, Montagne en flammes
Theatrical
27 Sep
- Germany
Germany
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