The Doomed Battalion
1932 · 81 min · Drama, War
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.
- Directors
- Cyril Gardner, Luis Trenker, Karl Hartl
- Writer
- Luis Trenker
- Released
- April 30, 1932
- Language
- English
Cast
Luis Trenker
Florian Di Mai
Tala Birell
Maria Di Mai
Albert Conti
Captain Kessler
Victor Varconi
Artur Franchini
Henry Armetta
Angelo
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Austrian General
C. Henry Gordon
Italian General
Gibson Gowland
Innerhofer
Herman Bing
Austrian Soldier (uncredited)
Claus Clausen
Leutnant Kall (edited from Berge in Flammen)(uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Villager(uncredited)
Russ Powell
Burgermeister(uncredited)
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