The Doomed Battalion
1932, English. Directed by Cyril Gardner & Karl Hartl & Luis Trenker.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Cyril GardnerDirector
- Karl HartlDirector
- Luis TrenkerDirector
- Luis TrenkerFlorian Di Mai
- Tala BirellMaria Di Mai
- Albert ContiCaptain Kessler
- Victor VarconiArtur Franchini
- Henry ArmettaAngelo
- Gustav von SeyffertitzAustrian General
- C. Henry GordonItalian General
- Gibson GowlandInnerhofer
- Herman BingAustrian Soldier (uncredited)
- Claus ClausenLeutnant Kall (edited from Berge in Flammen)(uncredited)
- Paul PanzerVillager(uncredited)
- Russ PowellBurgermeister(uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 30 April 1932
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Luis Trenker
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Who directed The Doomed Battalion?
The Doomed Battalion (1932) was directed by Cyril Gardner and Karl Hartl and Luis Trenker and stars Luis Trenker, Tala Birell, Albert Conti.