A love triangle, a mountain god, and enough masculine ego to fill an Alpine valley.
Austria, 1950s. Safety engineer Peter Dahle increasingly sees a personal enemy in the construction of the power station and the mountain of Kaprun. To protect his workers, he asks the experienced mountain guide Hans Tribusser for help. For the glockner king, the massive intervention in nature is tantamount to blasphemy and he refuses his support. This brings Dahle's former love onto the scene. The wealthy Barbara Fuller is able to change the nature lover's mind, but her intrusion into the men's domain causes new disasters.
Cinematography
Glorious Austrian Alps shot like nature's own cathedral.
Acting
Eduard Köck's mountain guide radiates authentic grumpy grandeur.
Director
Anton Kutter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kaprun's actual power station, completed 1955, made this controversial pro-development propaganda disguised as conflicted drama.
Director Anton Kutter was primarily an optical engineer who invented cinema projection equipment — his only directorial work.
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