Berge in Flammen

Summer 1914: Two mountain friends, Count Arthur Franchini and Dolomite guide Florian Dimai, are surprised by the outbreak of war during a tour together - and now find themselves on opposite sides of the battlefield. Dimai's home village, situated close to the border, becomes enemy territory. During a patrol, Dimai discovers that the Italians are building tunnels under the Austrian positions in order to blow them up ...
While Trenker, as lead actor, writer and co-director, deals with his own experiences as a soldier in the midst of the gruelling war of position, this film was made under extreme conditions (54 days of shooting in the high mountains at below 20 degrees below zero) and is now considered the first of its kind to refer to contemporary historical events. (Florian Widegger)