Documentary Competition

BERGFILM
Mountainfilm
Michael Wachtler, ITALY, GERMANY, 2002, 45', col. b/n, video
Director Michael Wachtler
Script Michael Wachtler
Screenplay Michael Wachtler
Cameraman Martin Schoenegger
Editing Hubert Schoenegger
Production Mediateam GmbH, Movieman Production
Distribution Wachtler Sas

Through meticulous research, the director offers a complete vision of what mountains have been, as a subject, over more than a hundred years of cinematography. Starting from the 1901 documentary on Cervino, to the decisive turning-point marked by three personalities in the field of cinematography: Arnold Fanck, Leni Riefenstahl and above all Luis Trenker, who possessed a natural ability to combine his artistic abilities with mountains.

DIRECTOR
Michael Wachtler is an expert on all aspects of mountain life and culture, as well as a great figure for the popularising of scientific matters. He is also a writer and director collaborating with television stations and publishing houses.

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