The King of Bernina

The King of Bernina
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Directed by Alfred Lehner
Produced by Erwin C. Dietrich
Hans Engel
Written by Karl Heinz Busse
Jakob Christoph Heer
Based on Der König der Bernina
by Jakob Christoph Heer
Starring Helmuth Schneider
Waltraut Haas
Walter Janssen
Music by Frank Filip
Cinematography Sepp Ketterer
Edited by Margarete Egle
Production
company
Urania Film
Zenith-Sonor Produktion
Distributed by Europa-Filmverleih (W.Germany)
Release date
9 August 1957
Running time
93 minutes
Country Austria
Switzerland
Language German

The King of Bernina (German: Der König der Bernina) is a 1957 Austrian-Swiss historical drama film directed by Alfred Lehner and starring Helmuth Schneider, Waltraut Haas and Walter Janssen.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Nino Borghi. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. Location shooting took place in the Swiss Alps. The film was made using Agfacolor. It was based on a classic novel which had previously been filmed in Hollywood as Eternal Love (1929) by Ernst Lubitsch.

Set during the Napoleonic era, it is part of the heimatfilm tradition of the post-war years. It is also a re-envisioning of the mountain film genre.

Cast

References

  1. von Dassanowsky p.171

Bibliography

  • Robert von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
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